HebrewH5893Proper Noun (Feminine)
עִיר
ir
“Ir”
2Occurrences
H5893Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Ir, an Israelite
the same as H5892 (עִיר);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at ; father of: Shuppim (H8206), Huppim (H2650), Maacah (H4601M) § Ir = "belonging to a city" son of Bela and father of Huppim and Shuppim
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Feminine)
Morphology Code
N:N-F-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
עִיר appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
1 Chronicles
1
Genesis
1
Key Passages
1 Chronicles 7:12BSB
The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir, and the Hushites were descendants of Aher.
Genesis 10:11BSB
From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
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