H5905 — עִיר שֶׁמֶשׁ (ʻÎyr Shemesh)
Strong's H5905 (Hebrew)
Hebrew: עִיר שֶׁמֶשׁ (ʻÎyr Shemesh)
Pronunciation: eer sheh'-mesh
Morphology: n-pr-loc
Name Meaning: Ir-shemesh = "city of the sun-god"
Derivation: from עִיר (ʻîyr) [H5892] and שֶׁמֶשׁ (shemesh) [H8121]; city of the sun;
Definition: Ir-Shemesh, a place in Palestine
KJV Renderings: Irshemesh.
Senses
- a city in Dan; probably the same as 'Beth-shemesh'
Cross References
| Strong's | Original | Transliteration | Derivation | Definition | KJV Renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H5892 | עִיר | ʻîyr | or (in the plural) עָר (ʻâr); or עָיַר (ʻâyar); (Judges 10:4), from עוּר (ʻûwr) H5782 | a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) | Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town |
| H8121 | שֶׁמֶשׁ | shemesh | from an unused root meaning to be brilliant | the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement | [phrase] east side(-ward), sun (rising), [phrase] west(-ward), window. See also בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ (Bêyth Shemesh) H1053 |
Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.
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