Ir
עִירStrong’s H5893ir
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ir is the Hebrew word usually translated “ir”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,”
Meaning
- A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.12
How it's translated
- ir 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
עִיר ir · Ir
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.12; father of: Shuppim (H8206), Huppim (H2650), Maacah (H4601M) § Ir = "belonging to a city" son of Bela and father of Huppim and Shuppim
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.