Know the Word.

Hebrew word

ʻîyr

eer

עִיר

What it means

a city in the widest sense

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

Where it comes from

or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from ʻûwr (עוּר)

How the King James translates it

  • city603
  • cities384
  • town4
  • towns3
  • one1

Every place it appears 995

Ecclesiastes8:109:149:15
Song of Solomon3:23:35:7
Joel2:9
Obadiah1:20
Micah6:97:12
Nahum3:1
Habakkuk2:12
Zephaniah1:162:153:6