Hebrew word study
עִיר H5892
- Transliteration
- ʻîyr
- Pronunciation
- eer
- KJV glosses
- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Lexical summary
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information