ʿîr

eer
Parts of Speech Noun Masculine

ʿîr Definition

  1. excitement, anguish
    1. of terror
  2. city, town (a place of waking, guarded)
    1. city, town
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
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Origin
from (05782) a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Strong's Number
05892
TDNT Entry
TWOT - 1587a,1615

KJV Word Usage

city
1074
town
7
every one
2
variant
6
Total
1089

KJV Verse Count

42
3
12
35
51
128
49
4
32
43
47
53
35
74
4
18
11
2
19
4
5
3
42
118
6
54
6
4
1
8
1
6
4
1
1
4
7
Total
937
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The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for `iyr". "The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". . .