Genesis 4:17
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
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City
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Revelation 22:19
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
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עִיר
ʻîyr · eer
655 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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 4:17Strong's last: Zechariah 14:2
Open full H5892 profile →πόλις
pólis · pol'-is
145 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 2:23Strong's last: Revelation 22:19
Open full G4172 profile →קִרְיָה
qiryâh · kir-yaw'
31 times translated as this KJV form31 total Strong's occurrences
a city
Strong's KJV usage: city.
Strong's first: Numbers 21:28Strong's last: Habakkuk 2:17
Open full H7151 profile →קִרְיָא
qiryâʼ · keer-yaw'
8 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: city.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezra 4:12Strong's last: Ezra 4:21
Open full H7149 profile →קֶרֶת
qereth · keh'-reth
5 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
a city
Strong's KJV usage: city.
Strong's first: Job 29:7Strong's last: Proverbs 11:11
Open full H7176 profile →πολιτάρχης
politárchēs · pol-it-ar'-khace
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a town-officer, i.e. magistrate
Strong's KJV usage: :--ruler of the city.
Strong's first: Acts 17:6Strong's last: Acts 17:8
Open full G4173 profile →מַדְהֵבָה
madhêbâh · mad-hay-baw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
goldmaking, i.e. exactness
Strong's KJV usage: golden city.
Strong's first: Isaiah 14:4Strong's last: Isaiah 14:4
Open full H4062 profile →עַי
ʻAy · ah'ee
1 times translated as this KJV form41 total Strong's occurrences
Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine
Strong's KJV usage: Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.
Strong's first: Joshua 8:12Strong's last: Joshua 8:12
Open full H5857 profile →שַׁעַר
shaʻar · shah'-ar
1 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: Ruth 3:11Strong's last: Ruth 3:11
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H5892
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
H5892
And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
H5892
And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
H5892
And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
H5892
And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
H5892
And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.
H5892
So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
H5892
And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
H5892
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
H5892
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
H5892
And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.
H5892
And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
H5892
So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
H5892
So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
H5892
And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
H5892
And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
H5892
And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
H5892
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:
H5892
And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
H5892
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:
H5892
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:
H5892
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:
H5892
And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,
H5892
(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.
H5892
Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
English meaning and historical usage.
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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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