Genesis 13:12
Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
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Cities
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Revelation 16:19
And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
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76 verses
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11 verses
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55 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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עִיר
ʻîyr · eer
418 times translated as this KJV form1,081 total Strong's occurrences
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Strong's KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Strong's first: Genesis 13:12Strong's last: Zechariah 8:20
Open full H5892 profile →πόλις
pólis · pol'-is
19 times translated as this KJV form167 total Strong's occurrences
a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size)
Strong's KJV usage: :--city.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 9:35Strong's last: Revelation 16:19
Open full G4172 profile →עָר
ʻâr · awr
4 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
a foe (as watchful for mischief)
Strong's KJV usage: enemy.
Strong's first: Psalms 9:6Strong's last: Micah 5:14
Open full H6145 profile →שַׁעַר
shaʻar · shah'-ar
2 times translated as this KJV form371 total Strong's occurrences
an opening, i.e. door or gate
Strong's KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (× -er).
Strong's first: 1 Kings 8:37Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 6:28
Open full H8179 profile →קִרְיָא
qiryâʼ · keer-yaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: city.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezra 4:10Strong's last: Ezra 4:10
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H5892
But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
H5892
Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
H5892
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
H5892
And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.
H5892
And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.
H5892
And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
H5892
And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
H5892
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
H5892
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
H5892
And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
H5892
And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
H5892
And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
H5892
And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
H5892
And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
H5892
And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
H5892
So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
H5892
So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
H5892
And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
H5892
And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
H5892
Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
H5892
Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
H5892
And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
H5892
And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
H5892
And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
H5892
Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
English meaning and historical usage.
Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.
city
CITY, noun
1. In a general sense, a large town; a large number of houses and inhabitants, established in one place.
2. In a more appropriate sense, a corporate town; a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by particular officers, as a mayor and aldermen. This is the sense of the word in the United States. In Great Britain, a city is said to be a town corporate that has a bishop and a cathedral church; but this is not always the fact.
3. The collective body of citizens, or the inhabitants of a city; as when we say, the city voted to establish a market, and the city repealed the vote.
CITY, adjective Pertaining to a city; as city wives; a city feast; city manners.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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