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H3375

יִרְאוֹן

Yirʼôwn /yir-ohn'/ Ask about this word
Rootfrom יָרֵא
Meaningxlit Yirôwn corrected to Yirʼôwn; fearfulness; Jiron, a place in Palestine
KJV usageIron.

Word Study

In depth

A plain-language study of Yirʼôwn — the range of meaning it carries, how Scripture actually uses it, and where it points. Written for readers who don’t know the original language.

Core Meaning & Semantic Range

The Hebrew word Yirʼôwn, represented by H3375, identifies a place in Palestine known as Iron. It appears only 1 time in 1 verse in the entire Bible. The name is derived from a root word meaning fearfulness.

Biblical Occurrences & Contextual Analysis

The sole appearance of H3375 is in the book of Joshua, where it is listed as one of the fortified cities in the territory allotted to the tribes of Israel. The verse states: "And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages" Joshua 19:38. Here, Yirʼôwn is simply named as a geographical location within a specific regional group.

Related Words & Concepts

Several related words in the passage provide context for the nature and location of Yirʼôwn:

  • H5892 ʻîyr (city): This word classifies Yirʼôwn as a fortified or guarded place. The list in Joshua 19:38 counts a total of nineteen cities H5892.
  • H2691 châtsêr (village): The passage notes that the nineteen cities were accompanied by their villages, indicating smaller, surrounding hamlets or enclosed yards.
  • H4027 Migdal-ʼÊl (tower of God): Listed immediately after Yirʼôwn, this name identifies another city in the same group, Migdal-El, highlighting the close geographical association of these locations.

Theological Significance

While appearing only once, the context of H3375 carries historical and geographical weight.

  • Territorial Inheritance: Yirʼôwn is part of the inheritance allocated to the tribe of Naphtali as recorded in the book of Joshua Joshua 19:38. This list serves as a formal record of the fulfillment of God's promise of land.
  • Defined Region: Its inclusion in a list with other fortified cities like Migdal-el H4027, Horem H2765, and Beth-anath H1043 helps define a specific district within Naphtali's territory.
  • Incomplete Possession: A later passage reveals that the tribe of Naphtali did not fully drive out the inhabitants of some of the cities in this region, such as Beth-anath and Beth-shemesh, but instead made them tributaries Judges 1:33.

Summary

In summary, Yirʼôwn H3375 is not a theological term but a specific geographical marker. Its sole mention in scripture places it as a fortified city within the tribal allotment of Naphtali. The significance of Iron is derived entirely from its context, illustrating the detailed accounting of the promised land and highlighting the specific territories designated for the tribes of Israel.

How the KJV Renders It

Translation

Strong’s lists the renderings but not their weight. These are counted from the King James text of the tagged verses — the bar under each is how often the translators actually reached for it. Select one to filter the occurrences below.

Grammatical Forms

Morphology

In the Hebrew Old Testament, this word appears as a noun across 1 occurrence, inflected in 1 grammatical form — each row is one form, and the bar is how often it is that form. Select any form to read what each part of its name means, and to filter the occurrence list to it.

  • יִרְאוֹן

Related Words

Related

Other entries the study above points to — each one is drawn from a reference it makes. Follow the trail to see how the words connect.

H5892 עִיר or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest H2691 חָצֵר (masculine and feminine); from חָצַר in its original sense; a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly H4027 מִגְדַּל־אֵל from מִגְדָּל and אֵל; tower of God; Migdal-El, a place in Palestine; Migdal-el. H2765 חֳרֵם from חָרַם; devoted; Chorem, a place in Palestine; Horem. H1043 בֵּית עֲנָת an orthographical variation for בֵּית עֲנוֹת; Beth-Anath, a place in Palestine; Beth-anath.

Theographic Context

Context

The people, places, and span of history the verses containing this word touch on — drawn from the theographic tagging of Scripture. Select any name to isolate its verses in the occurrence list.

Biblical Distribution

Distribution

1 verse, all in Joshua — and none of the other 38 Old Testament books.

Every Occurrence

Concordance

Every verse where the word is tagged in the King James text. Filter by book, by the English word the translators chose, by grammatical form, or search within the verses.

Sources. Definition and numbering: James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890). Morphology: STEPBible / Tyndale House (CC BY). Verse tagging: the King James text keyed to Strong’s numbers. Every count on this page is computed from the tagged corpus, not estimated.