עִירʻîyr

waking, or wakeful, one, i.e.

Pronunciation: eer · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5894

Meanings

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Daniel 4:13 “‘Then as I lay there dreaming, I saw a messenger, a holy one, coming down from heaven.
  • Daniel 4:17 For this has been decreed by the messengers; it is commanded by the holy ones, so that everyone may know that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world. He gives them to anyone he chooses— even to the lowliest of people.”
  • Daniel 4:23 “‘Then you saw a messenger, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, “Cut down the tree and destroy it. But leave the stump and the roots in the ground, bound with a band of iron and bronze and surrounded by tender grass. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven. Let him live with the animals of the field for seven periods of time.”

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).