Definition

Ir-Shemesh, a place in Palestine

Etymology

from H5892 (עִיר) and H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ); city of the sun;

Word family

• עִיר ʻîyr
• שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh

How the KJV renders it

• Irshemesh

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.