What does עִיר · דָּוִד mean in the Bible?
עִיר · דָּוִד is a Hebrew phrase meaning "City of David".
Hebrew · H5892, H1732
עִיר דָּוִד
A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post ) · David , the youngest son of Jesse
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עִיר H5892 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post )
דָּוִד H1732 David , the youngest son of Jesse
Pronunciation david
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What does עִיר דָּוִד (ʿîr dāwîḏ) mean in the Bible?
עִיר · דָּוִד is a Hebrew phrase meaning "City of David".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5892, H1732?
H5892, H1732 is connected to 2,170 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. City of David
Strong's H5892, H1732
Lexical occurrences 2,170 verses Source Gloss
City of David
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
עִיר דָּוִד is built from this root:
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Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain