עִיר (ir) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning city. It appears
1095 times
in 37 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5892).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1615)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1615)city, town; waking, encampment, post; Ai, court
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עִירnoun, feminine: city, town
1.city, town, abode of men
2.of fortress in a city
3.of any size
Strong's H5892עִיר: a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) KJV:Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.