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suburbs

Meaning of “suburbs”

The outlying land or district surrounding a city, including ground allotted for cattle and other use.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
115 occurrences69 verses7 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Leviticus 25:34

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Numbers 35:2
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Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 35:2 · retained source text

Command the children of Israel, that they giue vnto the Leuites of the inheritance of their possession, cities to dwell in: and yee shall giue also vnto the Leuites suburbs for the cities round about them.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 21.2.

Numbers 35:3
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And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
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And the cities shall they haue to dwell in, and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattell, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

Numbers 35:4
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And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
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1611 witness · Numbers 35:4 · retained source text

And the suburbs of the cities, which yee shall giue vnto the Leuites, shall reach from the wall of the citie, and outward, a thousand cubites round about.

Numbers 35:5
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And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
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1611 witness · Numbers 35:5 · retained source text

And ye shall measure from without the city on the Eastside two thousand cubites, and on the Southside two thousand cubites, and on the Westside two thousand cubites, & on the Northside two thousand cubites: and the citie shall be in the midst; this shalbe to them the suburbs of the cities.

Numbers 35:7
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So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
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1611 witness · Numbers 35:7 · retained source text

So all the cities which ye shall giue to the Leuites, shall be fourty and eight cities: them shall yee giue with their suburbs.

Complete reference index — all 69 verses
Leviticus 25:34Numbers 35:2Numbers 35:3Numbers 35:4Numbers 35:5Numbers 35:7Joshua 14:4Joshua 21:2Joshua 21:3Joshua 21:8Joshua 21:11Joshua 21:13Joshua 21:14Joshua 21:15Joshua 21:16Joshua 21:17Joshua 21:18Joshua 21:19Joshua 21:21Joshua 21:22Joshua 21:23Joshua 21:24Joshua 21:25Joshua 21:26Joshua 21:27Joshua 21:28Joshua 21:29Joshua 21:30Joshua 21:31Joshua 21:32Joshua 21:33Joshua 21:34Joshua 21:35Joshua 21:36Joshua 21:37Joshua 21:38Joshua 21:39Joshua 21:41Joshua 21:422 Kings 23:111 Chronicles 5:161 Chronicles 6:551 Chronicles 6:571 Chronicles 6:581 Chronicles 6:591 Chronicles 6:601 Chronicles 6:641 Chronicles 6:671 Chronicles 6:681 Chronicles 6:691 Chronicles 6:701 Chronicles 6:711 Chronicles 6:721 Chronicles 6:731 Chronicles 6:741 Chronicles 6:751 Chronicles 6:761 Chronicles 6:771 Chronicles 6:781 Chronicles 6:791 Chronicles 6:801 Chronicles 6:811 Chronicles 13:22 Chronicles 11:142 Chronicles 31:19Ezekiel 27:28Ezekiel 45:2Ezekiel 48:15Ezekiel 48:17

Where “suburbs” appears

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Leviticus1 occurrence
1 verseNumbers5 occurrences
5 versesJoshua58 occurrences
33 verses2 Kings1 occurrence
1 verse1 Chronicles44 occurrences
23 verses2 Chronicles2 occurrences
2 versesEzekiel4 occurrences
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Webster 1828

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[Latin suburbium; sub and urbs, a city.] 1. A building without the walls of a city, but near them; or more generally, the parts that lie without the walls, but in the vicinity of a city. The word may signify buildings, streets or territory. We say, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden is situated in the suburbs of London or Paris. 2. The confines; the out part. The suburb of their straw-built citadel.

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