עִיר

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Hebrew H5892 Noun, masculine 1,096 occurrences in 937 verses

עִיר excitement

1. excitement, anguish

a. of terror

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 937 verses

1 Samuel 27:5 עָרֵ֥יבְּעִ֥יר

Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
1 Samuel 28:3 וּבְעִיר֑וֹ

Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.
1 Samuel 30:3 הָעִ֔יר

When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
1 Samuel 30:29 בְּעָרֵ֣יבְּעָרֵ֥י

to those in Racal and in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites;
1 Samuel 31:7 הֶֽעָרִים֙

When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
2 Samuel 2:1 עָרֵ֣י

Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.
2 Samuel 2:3 בְּעָרֵ֥י

David also took the men who were with him, each with his household, and they settled in the towns near Hebron.
2 Samuel 5:7 עִ֥יר

Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
2 Samuel 5:9 עִ֣יר

So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.
2 Samuel 6:10 עִ֣יר

So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
2 Samuel 6:12 עִ֥יר

Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.
2 Samuel 6:16 עִ֣יר

As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
2 Samuel 8:8 עָרֵ֣י

And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.
2 Samuel 10:3 הָעִיר֙

the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
2 Samuel 10:12 עָרֵ֣י

Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
2 Samuel 10:14 הָעִ֑יר

When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 11:16 הָעִ֑יר

So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he saw the strongest enemy soldiers.
2 Samuel 11:17 הָעִיר֙

And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.
2 Samuel 11:20 הָעִ֖יר

if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
2 Samuel 11:25 הָעִ֛יר

Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
2 Samuel 12:1 בְּעִ֣יר

Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
2 Samuel 12:26 עִ֥יר

Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
2 Samuel 12:27 עִ֥יר

Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.
2 Samuel 12:28 הָעִ֖ירהָעִ֔יר

Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.”
2 Samuel 12:30 הָעִ֛יר

Then he took the crown from the head of their king. It weighed a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.
2 Samuel 12:31 עָרֵ֣י

David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 15:2 עִיר֙

He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”
2 Samuel 15:12 מֵֽעִירוֹ֙

While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
2 Samuel 15:14 הָעִ֖יר

And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
2 Samuel 15:24 הָעִֽיר׃

Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until the people had passed out of the city.
2 Samuel 15:25 הָעִ֑יר

Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.
2 Samuel 15:27 הָעִ֖יר

The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.
2 Samuel 15:34 הָעִ֣יר

But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’
2 Samuel 15:37 הָעִ֑יר

So David’s friend Hushai arrived in Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.
2 Samuel 17:13 עִיר֙הָעִ֥יר

If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found.”
2 Samuel 17:17 הָעִֽירָה׃

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.
2 Samuel 17:23 עִיר֔וֹ

When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
2 Samuel 18:3 מֵעִ֖יר

But the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will pay no attention to us. Even if half of us die, they will not care; but you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better for now if you support us from the city.”
2 Samuel 19:3 הָעִ֑יר

So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
2 Samuel 19:37 בְּעִירִ֔י

Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”
2 Samuel 20:6 עָרִ֥ים

And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”
2 Samuel 20:15 הָעִ֔יר

And Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,
2 Samuel 20:16 הָעִ֑יר

a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”
2 Samuel 20:19 עִ֤יר

I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
2 Samuel 20:21 הָעִ֑יר

That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
2 Samuel 20:22 הָעִ֖יר

Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 24:5 הָעִ֛יר

They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.
2 Samuel 24:7 עָרֵ֥י

They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.
1 Kings 2:10 בְּעִ֥יר

Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
1 Kings 3:1 עִ֣יר

Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.