Occurrences
ʻîyr occurs 1,094 times in 935 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (42), Exodus (3), Leviticus (12), Numbers (35), Deuteronomy (51), Joshua (128), Judges (49), Ruth (4), 1 Samuel (32), 2 Samuel (43), 1 Kings (47), 2 Kings (52), 1 Chronicles (35), 2 Chronicles (73), Ezra (4), Nehemiah (18), Esther (11), Job (2), Psalms (19), Proverbs (4), Ecclesiastes (5), Song of Songs (3), Isaiah (42), Jeremiah (118), Lamentations (6), Ezekiel (54), Daniel (6), Hosea (4), Joel (1), Amos (8), Obadiah (1), Jonah (6), Micah (4), Nahum (1), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (4), Zechariah (7)
- Genesis 4:17 — And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city (עִ֔יר), and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
- Genesis 4:17 — And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city (הָעִ֔יר), after the name of his son, Enoch.
- Genesis 10:11 — Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
- Genesis 10:12 — And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city (הָעִ֥יר).
- Genesis 11:4 — And they said, Go to, let us build us a city (עִ֗יר) and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
- Genesis 11:5 — And the LORD came down to see the city (הָעִ֖יר) and the tower, which the children of men builded.
- Genesis 11:8 — So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city (הָעִֽיר).
- Genesis 13:12 — Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities (בְּעָרֵ֣י) of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
- Genesis 18:24 — Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city (הָעִ֑יר): wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
- Genesis 18:26 — And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city (הָעִ֑יר), then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
- Genesis 18:28 — Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city (הָעִ֑יר) for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
- Genesis 19:4 — But before they lay down, the men of the city (הָעִ֜יר), even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
- Genesis 19:12 — And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city (בָּעִ֑יר), bring them out of this place:
- Genesis 19:14 — And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city (הָעִ֑יר). But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
- Genesis 19:15 — And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city (הָעִֽיר).
- Genesis 19:16 — And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city (לָעִֽיר).
- Genesis 19:20 — Behold now, this city (הָעִ֨יר) is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
- Genesis 19:21 — And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city (הָעִ֖יר), for the which thou hast spoken.
- Genesis 19:22 — Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city (הָעִ֖יר) was called Zoar.
- Genesis 19:25 — And he overthrew those cities (הֶעָרִ֣ים), and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
- Genesis 19:25 — And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities (הֶעָרִ֔ים), and that which grew upon the ground.
- Genesis 19:29 — And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities (עָרֵ֣י) of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
- Genesis 19:29 — And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities (הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים) in the which Lot dwelt.
- Genesis 23:10 — And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city (עִיר֖וֹ), saying,
- Genesis 23:18 — Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city (עִירֽוֹ).
- Genesis 24:10 — And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city (עִ֥יר) of Nahor.
- Genesis 24:11 — And he made his camels to kneel down without the city (לָעִ֖יר) by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
- Genesis 24:13 — Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city (הָעִ֔יר) come out to draw water:
- Genesis 26:33 — And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city (הָעִיר֙) is Beer-sheba unto this day.
- Genesis 28:19 — And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city (הָעִ֖יר) was called Luz at the first.
- Genesis 33:18 — And Jacob came to Shalem, a city (עִ֣יר) of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.
- Genesis 33:18 — And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city (הָעִֽיר).
- Genesis 34:20 — And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city (עִירָ֑ם), and communed with the men of their city, saying,
- Genesis 34:20 — And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city (עִירָ֖ם), saying,
- Genesis 34:24 — And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city (עִיר֑וֹ); and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
- Genesis 34:24 — And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city (עִירֽוֹ).
- Genesis 34:25 — And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city (הָעִ֖יר) boldly, and slew all the males.
- Genesis 34:27 — The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city (הָעִ֑יר), because they had defiled their sister.
- Genesis 34:28 — They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city (בָּעִ֛יר), and that which was in the field,
- Genesis 35:5 — And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities (הֶֽעָרִים֙) that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
- Genesis 36:32 — And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city (עִיר֖וֹ) was Dinhabah.
- Genesis 36:35 — And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city (עִיר֖וֹ) was Avith.
- Genesis 36:39 — And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city (עִיר֖וֹ) was Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
- Genesis 41:35 — And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities (בֶּעָרִ֖ים).
- Genesis 41:48 — And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities (בֶּעָרִ֑ים): the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
- Genesis 41:48 — And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city (הָעִ֛יר), laid he up in the same.
- Genesis 44:4 — And when they were gone out of the city (הָעִיר֮), and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
- Genesis 44:13 — Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city (הָעִֽירָה).
- Genesis 47:21 — And as for the people, he removed them to cities (לֶעָרִ֑ים) from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
- Exodus 1:11 — Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities (עָרֵ֤י), Pithom and Raamses.