Excitement
עִירStrong’s H5892ir
Appears in 932 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ir is the Hebrew word usually translated “city”, “cities of” and “cities”. It appears in 932 verses of the Old Testament.
“O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.”
Meaning
- Excitement, anguishof terror
- City, town (a place of waking, guarded)city, town
- Ir-nahash - a city mentioned only at 1Ch.4.12
How it's translated
- the city 308
- cities of 94
- cities 81
- the cities 68
- city of 54
- in the city 52
- a city 37
- in cities of 33
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 128
- Jeremiah 118
- 2 Chronicles 73
- Ezekiel 54
- 2 Kings 52
- Deuteronomy 50
37 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 9:18In contextO my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
- Daniel 9:19In contextO Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
- Daniel 9:24In contextSeventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
- Daniel 9:26In contextAnd after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
- Daniel 11:15In contextSo the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
- Zechariah 1:12In contextThen the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
All 932 verses, by book
- Genesis 41
- 4:1710:1211:411:511:813:1218:2418:2618:2819:419:1219:1419:1519:1619:2019:2119:2219:2519:2923:1023:1824:1024:1124:1326:3328:1933:1834:2034:2434:2534:2734:2835:536:3236:3536:3941:3541:4844:444:1347:21
- Numbers 35
- 13:1913:2820:1621:221:321:2521:2621:2722:3624:1931:1032:1632:1732:2432:2632:3332:3632:3835:235:335:435:535:635:735:835:1135:1235:1335:1435:1535:2535:2635:2735:2835:32
- Deuteronomy 50
- 1:221:282:342:352:362:373:43:53:63:73:103:123:194:414:426:109:113:1213:1313:1513:1619:119:219:519:719:919:1119:1220:1020:1420:1520:1620:1920:2021:221:321:421:621:1921:2021:2122:1522:1722:1822:2122:2322:2425:828:328:16
- Joshua 128
- 3:166:36:46:56:76:116:146:156:166:176:206:216:246:268:18:28:48:58:68:78:88:118:128:138:148:168:178:188:198:208:218:228:278:299:1710:210:1910:2010:3710:3911:1211:1311:1411:1911:2113:913:1013:1613:1713:2113:2313:2513:2813:3013:3114:414:1215:915:2115:3215:3615:4115:4415:5115:5415:5715:5915:6015:6216:917:917:1218:918:1418:2118:2418:2819:619:719:819:1519:1619:2219:2319:2919:3019:3119:3519:3819:3919:4819:5020:220:420:620:921:221:321:421:521:621:721:821:921:1221:1321:1621:1821:1921:2021:2121:2221:2421:2521:2621:2721:2921:3121:3221:3321:3521:3721:3821:3921:4021:4121:4224:13
- Judges 47
- 1:81:171:231:241:251:266:276:286:308:168:178:279:309:319:339:359:439:449:459:5110:411:2611:3312:714:1816:216:317:818:2718:2818:2919:1119:1219:1519:1719:2220:1120:1420:1520:3120:3220:3720:3820:4020:4220:4821:23
- 1 Samuel 32
- 1:34:135:95:115:126:187:148:229:69:109:119:129:139:149:259:2710:515:516:418:620:620:2920:4020:4222:1923:723:1027:528:330:330:2931:7
- 2 Samuel 43
- 2:12:35:75:96:106:126:168:810:310:1210:1411:1611:1711:2011:2512:112:2612:2712:2812:3012:3115:215:1215:1415:2415:2515:2715:3415:3717:1317:1717:2318:319:319:3720:620:1520:1620:1920:2120:2224:524:7
- 1 Kings 47
- 2:103:14:138:18:168:448:489:119:129:139:169:199:2410:2611:2711:3211:3611:4312:1713:2513:2913:3214:1114:1214:2114:3115:815:2015:2315:2416:416:1816:2417:1020:220:1220:1920:3020:3421:821:1121:1321:2422:2622:3622:3922:50
- 2 Kings 52
- 2:192:233:193:256:146:156:197:47:107:128:249:159:2810:210:510:610:2511:2012:2113:2514:2015:715:3816:2017:617:917:2417:2617:2918:818:1118:1318:3019:1319:2519:3219:3319:3420:620:2023:523:823:1723:1923:2724:1024:1125:225:325:425:1125:19
- 1 Chronicles 36
- 1:431:461:502:222:234:124:314:324:336:566:576:606:616:626:636:646:656:666:679:210:711:511:711:813:213:1315:115:2918:819:719:919:1319:1520:220:327:25
- 2 Chronicles 73
- 1:145:26:56:346:388:28:48:58:68:119:259:3110:1711:511:1011:1211:2312:412:1312:1613:1914:114:514:614:714:1415:615:816:416:1417:217:717:917:1217:1317:1918:2519:519:1020:421:121:321:2023:223:2124:524:1624:2525:1325:2826:627:427:928:1828:2528:2729:2030:1031:131:631:1531:1932:132:332:532:632:1832:2932:3033:1433:1534:634:8
- Isaiah 42
- 1:71:81:266:1114:1714:2114:3117:117:217:919:219:1822:222:923:1624:1225:226:127:1032:1432:1933:836:136:1537:1337:2637:3337:3437:3538:640:942:1144:2645:1348:252:154:360:1461:462:1264:1066:6
- Jeremiah 118
- 1:151:182:152:283:144:54:74:164:264:295:65:176:67:177:348:148:169:1110:2211:611:1211:1313:1914:1815:817:2417:2517:2619:819:1119:1219:1520:520:1621:421:621:721:921:1022:622:823:3925:1825:2926:226:626:926:1126:1226:1526:2027:1727:1929:729:1630:1831:2131:2331:2431:3832:332:2432:2532:2832:2932:3132:3632:4433:433:533:1033:1233:1334:134:234:734:2236:636:937:837:1037:2138:238:338:438:938:1738:1838:2339:239:439:939:1640:540:1041:744:244:644:1744:2146:847:248:848:948:1548:2448:2849:149:1349:2550:3251:3151:4352:552:652:752:1552:25
- Ezekiel 54
- 4:14:35:26:67:157:239:19:49:59:79:910:211:211:611:2312:2017:419:721:1922:222:324:624:925:926:1026:1726:1929:1230:733:2135:435:936:436:1036:3336:3536:3839:939:1640:140:243:345:645:748:1548:1748:1848:1948:2048:2148:2248:3048:3148:35
- Joel 1
- 2:9
- Obadiah 1
- 1:20
- Nahum 1
- 3:1
- Habakkuk 1
- 2:12
Hebrew dictionary
עִיר ir · excitement
1) excitement, anguish 1a) of terror
עִיר ir · city
1) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 1a) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 1a) city, town
נָחָשׁ nachash · (Ir)-nahash
Ir-nahash - a city mentioned only at 1Ch.4.12
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “excitement” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EXCI'TEMENT, noun
The act of exciting; stimulation.
- The state of being roused into action, or of having increased action.
- Agitation; a state of being roused into action; as an excitement of the people.
- That which excites or rouses; that which moves, stirs, or induces action; a motive.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.