Hebrew - English Dictionary
H2971 - Jair
| Strong's No.: | H2971 |
| Hebrew: | יָאִיר |
| Transliteration: | Yâʼîyr |
| Phonetic: | yaw-ere' |
| Word Origin: | From H215 |
| Bible Usage: | Jair. |
| Part of Speech: | Proper Name Masculine |
| Strongs Definition: | enlightener; {Jair} the name of four Israelites |
| Brown Driver Biggs Definition: | Jair = "he enlightens" 1. a descendant of Manasseh who conquered many towns during the time of the conquest 2. the Gileadite, a judge of Israel for 22 years during the time of the judges; father of 30 sons 3. a Benjamite, son of Kish, and father of Mordecai 4. father of Elhanan, one of David's mighty warriors |
| Bible References:
Jair |
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| Translation Occurrences: |
Jair ( 9 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.