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✡ Hebrew · Strong's H5892
H5892

עִיר

ʻîyr [eer] Noun
Core meaninga city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post )

Lexical Definition

Strong's Hebrew H5892

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post )

KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Etymology: or (in the plural) עָר ; or עָיַר ; (Judges 10:4), from 5782
Brown–Driver–Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

. Usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town. Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.

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