International Standard Bible Encyclopedia SUBURBSsub'-urbz. Library Concerning the Fortitude of Samson, and what Mischiefs He Brought ... The Outbreak at Benares. The Cities of the Levites. Concerning the Tyrants Simon and John. How Also as Titus was Going ... Were Christ and the Apostles Mistaken? Port of Spain Epistle x. --Against Bishop Germanus. On the Holy Martyr, S. Babylas. Women who Witnessed the Fall of Rome They came to be in his Presence Easton's Bible Dictionary The immediate vicinity of a city or town (Numbers 35:3, 7; Ezek. 45:2). In 2 Kings 23:11 the Hebrew word there used (parvarim) occurs nowhere else. The Revised Version renders it "precincts." The singular form of this Hebrew word (parvar) is supposed by some to be the same as Parbar (q.v.), which occurs twice in 1 Chronicles 26:18. Thesaurus Suburbs (75 Occurrences)...SUBURBS. sub'-urbz. ...Suburbs (75 Occurrences). Leviticus 25:34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. ... /s/suburbs.htm - 29k Pasturelands (42 Occurrences) Man-slayer (20 Occurrences) Slayer (23 Occurrences) Suburb (5 Occurrences) Accused (29 Occurrences) Manslayer (20 Occurrences) Pasture (120 Occurrences) Gath-rimmon (4 Occurrences) Gathrimmon (4 Occurrences) Bible Concordance Suburbs (75 Occurrences)Leviticus 25:34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. Numbers 35:2 "Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and You shall give suburbs for the cities around them to the Levites. Numbers 35:3 The cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their livestock, and for their substance, and for all their animals. Numbers 35:4 "The suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward one thousand cubits around it. Numbers 35:5 You shall measure outside of the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. Numbers 35:7 All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities together with their suburbs. Joshua 14:4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their livestock and for their property. Joshua 21:2 They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "Yahweh commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for our livestock." Joshua 21:3 The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs. Joshua 21:8 The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by Moses. Joshua 21:11 They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it. Joshua 21:13 To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah with its suburbs, Joshua 21:14 Jattir with its suburbs, Eshtemoa with its suburbs, Joshua 21:15 Holon with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs, Joshua 21:16 Ain with its suburbs, Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. Joshua 21:17 Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs, Joshua 21:18 Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities. Joshua 21:19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. Joshua 21:21 They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs, Joshua 21:22 Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs; four cities. Joshua 21:23 Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs, Joshua 21:24 Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; four cities. Joshua 21:25 Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; two cities. Joshua 21:26 All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs. Joshua 21:27 They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be Eshterah with its suburbs; two cities. Joshua 21:28 Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs, Joshua 21:29 Jarmuth with its suburbs, En Gannim with its suburbs; four cities. Joshua 21:30 Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs, Joshua 21:31 Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities. Joshua 21:32 Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities. Joshua 21:33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs. Joshua 21:34 To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, Kartah with its suburbs, Joshua 21:35 Dimnah with its suburbs, and Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities. Joshua 21:36 Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, Jahaz with its suburbs, Joshua 21:37 Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities. Joshua 21:38 Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs, Joshua 21:39 Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all. Joshua 21:41 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs. Joshua 21:42 Each of these cities included their suburbs around them. It was this way with all these cities. 2 Kings 23:5 And he hath caused to cease the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah have appointed, (and they make perfume in high places, in cities of Judah and suburbs of Jerusalem,) and those making perfume to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of the heavens. 2 Kings 23:11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 1 Chronicles 5:16 They lived in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders. 1 Chronicles 6:55 to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs around it; 1 Chronicles 6:57 To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs, 1 Chronicles 6:58 and Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs, 1 Chronicles 6:59 and Ashan with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; 1 Chronicles 6:60 and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. 1 Chronicles 6:64 The children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs. 1 Chronicles 6:67 They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs, 1 Chronicles 6:68 and Jokmeam with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs, 1 Chronicles 6:69 and Aijalon with its suburbs, and Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; 1 Chronicles 6:70 and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its suburbs, and Bileam with its suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath. 1 Chronicles 6:71 To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, and Ashtaroth with its suburbs; 1 Chronicles 6:72 and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs, 1 Chronicles 6:73 and Ramoth with its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs; 1 Chronicles 6:74 and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its suburbs, and Abdon with its suburbs, 1 Chronicles 6:75 and Hukok with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; 1 Chronicles 6:76 and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, and Hammon with its suburbs, and Kiriathaim with its suburbs. 1 Chronicles 6:77 To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its suburbs, Tabor with its suburbs; 1 Chronicles 6:78 and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs, 1 Chronicles 6:79 and Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; 1 Chronicles 6:80 and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, and Mahanaim with its suburbs, 1 Chronicles 6:81 and Heshbon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs. 1 Chronicles 13:2 David said to all the assembly of Israel, "If it seems good to you, and if it is of Yahweh our God, let us send abroad everywhere to our brothers who are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have suburbs, that they may gather themselves to us; 2 Chronicles 11:14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest's office to Yahweh; 2 Chronicles 31:19 Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every city, there were men who were mentioned by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were reckoned by genealogy among the Levites. Jeremiah 17:26 And they have come in from cities of Judah, And from suburbs of Jerusalem, And from the land of Benjamin, And from the low country, And from the hill-country, and from the south, Bringing in burnt-offering, and sacrifice, And present, and frankincense, And bringing praise 'to' the house of Jehovah. Jeremiah 21:14 And I have laid a charge against you, According to the fruit of your doings, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have kindled a fire in its forest, And it hath consumed -- all its suburbs! Jeremiah 32:44 Fields with money they buy, so as to write in a book, and to seal, and to cause witnesses to testify, in the land of Benjamin, and in suburbs of Jerusalem, and in cities of Judah, and in cities of the hill-country, and in cities of the low country, and in cities of the south, for I turn back their captivity -- an affirmation of Jehovah.' Jeremiah 33:13 In the cities of the hill-country, In the cities of the low country, And in the cities of the south, And in the land of Benjamin, And in the suburbs of Jerusalem, And in the cities of Judah, Again doth the flock pass by under the hands of the numberer, said Jehovah. Ezekiel 27:28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots the suburbs shall shake. Ezekiel 34:26 And I have given them, and the suburbs of my hill, a blessing, And caused the shower to come down in its season, Showers of blessing they are. Ezekiel 45:2 Of this there shall be for the holy place five hundred in length by five hundred in breadth, square all around; and fifty cubits for its suburbs all around. Ezekiel 48:15 The five thousand that are left in the breadth, in front of the twenty-five thousand, shall be for common use, for the city, for dwelling and for suburbs; and the city shall be in its midst. Ezekiel 48:17 The city shall have suburbs: toward the north two hundred fifty, and toward the south two hundred fifty, and toward the east two hundred fifty, and toward the west two hundred fifty. Subtopics Suburbs: General Scriptures Concerning Related Terms Links Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |