11 occurrences

'Cities' in the Bible

and whether the land they live in is good or bad, and whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or fortified cities,

But the inhabitants are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.

So Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, "If you will indeed deliver this people into our hand, then we will utterly destroy their cities."

The Lord listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites, and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. So the name of the place was called Hormah.

So Israel took all these cities; and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.

Then they came very close to him and said, "We will build sheep folds here for our flocks and cities for our families,

So build cities for your descendants and pens for your sheep, but do what you have said you would do."

Our children, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock will be there in the cities of Gilead,

So Moses gave to the Gadites, the Reubenites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the realm of King Sihon of the Amorites, and the realm of King Og of Bashan, the entire land with its cities and the territory surrounding them.

Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and constructed pens for their flocks.

Nebo, Baal Meon (with a change of name), and Sibmah. They renamed the cities they built.

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מבדּלה 
Mibdalah 
Usage: 1

πολίτης 
Polites 
Usage: 1

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