What does עִיר · יְהוּדָה mean in the Bible?
עִיר · יְהוּדָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "cities of Judah".
Hebrew · H5892, H3063
עָרֵי יְהוּדָה
A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post ) · Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
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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 )
יְהוּדָה H3063 Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
Pronunciation yĕhûdāh
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What does עָרֵי יְהוּדָה (arei Yehudah) mean in the Bible?
עִיר · יְהוּדָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "cities of Judah".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5892, H3063?
H5892, H3063 is connected to 1,914 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. cities of Judah
Strong's H5892, H3063
Lexical occurrences 1,914 verses Source Gloss
cities of Judah
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
עָרֵי יְהוּדָה is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
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