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Ir Shemesh <a href="../hebrew/5906.htm" title="5906">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Ir Shemesh: Ir Shemesh</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">עִיר שֶׁמֶשׁ</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Location<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>`Iyr Shemesh<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>eer sheh-mesh<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(eer sheh'-mesh)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Ir Shemesh<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Ir-Shemesh<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from two Hebrew words: עִיר (ʿir) meaning "city" and שֶׁמֶשׁ (shemesh) meaning "sun."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There is no direct Greek equivalent for Ir Shemesh in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a specific Hebrew place name.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>Ir Shemesh translates to "City of the Sun." It is a place name mentioned in the Bible, specifically in the context of territorial boundaries.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>Ir Shemesh is mentioned in the context of the allotment of land to the tribes of Israel. The name suggests a location that may have been associated with sun worship or had a significant geographical feature related to the sun. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, the sun was often revered, and cities named after the sun were not uncommon. The exact location of Ir Shemesh is not definitively known today, but it is believed to have been situated in the region allocated to the tribe of Dan or Judah.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/5892b.htm">ir</a> and <a href="/hebrew/8121.htm">shemesh</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>"city of the sun," a city in Dan<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Ir-shemesh (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">עִיר שָׁ֑מֶשׁ</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, of a location</b></font> (<em>city of the sun(-god))</em>, assigned to Dan <a href="/interlinear/joshua/19-41.htm">Joshua 19:41</a> (P), = <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">בֵּית שׁ</font> q. v.; <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">πόλεις Σαμμαυς</font>, A <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font><sup>L</sup> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">πόλις Σαμες</font>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Ir-shemesh <p>From <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm">iyr</a> and <a href="/hebrew/8121.htm">shemesh</a>; city of the sun; Ir-Shemesh, a place in Palestine -- Ir-shemesh. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm">iyr</a> <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/8121.htm">shemesh</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃ שמש׃ šā·meš šāmeš Shamesh<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/joshua/19-41.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Joshua 19:41</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/joshua/19.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְאֶשְׁתָּא֖וֹל וְעִ֥יר <b> שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/joshua/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> was Zorah and Eshtaol <span class="itali">and Ir-shemesh,</span><br><a href="/kjvs/joshua/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> was Zorah, and Eshtaol, <span class="itali">and Irshemesh,</span><br><a href="/interlinear/joshua/19-41.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> was Zorah and Eshtaol <span class="itali">and Ir-shemesh</span><p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5905.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5905.htm">Strong's Hebrew 5905<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/shamesh_5905.htm">šā·meš — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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