12 occurrences

'City' in the Bible

and we cry unto Jehovah, and He heareth our voice, and sendeth a messenger, and is bringing us out of Egypt; and lo, we are in Kadesh, a city in the extremity of thy border.

Verse ConceptsAngels as God's servantsPrayer, Answers ToAngels Going At God's BiddingGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

for Heshbon is a city of Sihon king of the Amorite, and he hath fought against the former king of Moab, and taketh all his land out of his hand, unto Arnon;

Verse ConceptsArnon

therefore those using similes say -- 'Enter ye Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and ready,

For fire hath gone out from Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon, It hath consumed Ar of Moab, Owners of the high places of Arnon.

Verse ConceptsBurning CitiesArnon

And Balak heareth that Balaam hath come, and goeth out to meet him, unto a city of Moab, which is on the border of Arnon, which is in the extremity of the border;

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyMeeting PeopleArnonSpoken Greetings

And the suburbs of the cities which ye give to the Levites are, from the wall of the city and without, a thousand cubits round about.

Verse ConceptsWalls

And ye have measured from the outside of the city, the east quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the south quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the west quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the north quarter, two thousand by the cubit; and the city is in the midst; this is to them the suburbs of the cities.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesNorth, South, East And West

'And the company have delivered the man-slayer out of the hand of the redeemer of blood, and the company have caused him to turn back unto the city of his refuge, whither he hath fled, and he hath dwelt in it till the death of the chief priest, who hath been anointed with the holy oil.

Verse ConceptsRankManslaughterAnointing PriestsDeath Of Office Holders

And if the man-slayer at all go out from the border of the city of his refuge whither he fleeth,

Verse ConceptsBoundaries

and the redeemer of blood hath found him at the outside of the border of the city of his refuge, and the redeemer of blood hath slain the man-slayer, blood is not for him;

for in the city of his refuge he doth dwell till the death of the chief priest; and after the death of the chief priest doth the man-slayer turn back unto the city of his possession.

Verse ConceptsDeath Of Office HoldersPermission To Return Home

and ye take no atonement for him to flee unto the city of his refuge, to turn back to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

Verse ConceptsDeath Of Office HoldersNot Redeemed

Bible Theasaurus

Hamlet (2 instances)
Metropolis (1 instance)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מדהבה 
Madhebah 
Usage: 1

עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

עיר המּלח 
`Iyr ham-Melach 
city of Salt
Usage: 1

ער 
`ar 
Usage: 2

קריה קריא 
Qirya' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 9

קריה 
Qiryah 
Usage: 31

קרית הארבּע קרית ארבּע 
Qiryath `Arba` 
Usage: 7

קרת 
Qereth 
Usage: 5

שׁער 
Sha`ar 
Usage: 374

πόλις 
Polis 
Usage: 132

πολιτάρχης 
Politarches 
ruler of the city
Usage: 2