ir H5894

עִיר (ir) means “watcher” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

עִיר Hebrew · H5894 3 tagged occurrences in 3 verses

Pronunciation guide: eer Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5894

עִיר · ir · watcher

waking, watchful, wakeful one, watcher, angel

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H5782 (עוּר); a watcher, i.e. an angel (as guardian)

KJV glosses: watcher.

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How translators render H5894

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
a watcher	2
of the watchers	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
a watcher	2
of the watchers	1

Verses containing H5894

Page 1 of 1. 3 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Daniel 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As I lay on my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven.
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Source alternate reference: 4.10
Daniel 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’
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Source alternate reference: 4.14
Daniel 4:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’
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Source alternate reference: 4.20

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