עִיר
ʻîyr(eer)
“a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)”
1,081 occurrencesOld TestamentCommon word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Translated in KJV as
Ai (from margin)citycourt (from margin)town.
Etymology
or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from H5782 (עוּר)
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“And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.”