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Lexicon :: Strong's H2971 - yā'îr

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יָאִיר
Transliteration
yā'îr
Pronunciation
yaw-ere'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יָאִיר Yâʼîyr, yaw-ere'; from H215; enlightener; Jair, the name of four Israelites:—Jair.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H2971 in the following manner: Jair (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H2971 in the following manner: Jair (9x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָאִיר Yâʼîyr, yaw-ere'; from H215; enlightener; Jair, the name of four Israelites:—Jair.
STRONGS H2971: Abbreviations
† יָאִיר proper name, masculine (he enlightens, or one giving light).
1. son of Manasseh Numbers 32:41 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 3:14 (twice in verse); Joshua 13:30; 1 Kings 4:13; 1 Chronicles 2:22, 23.
2. a judge in Gilead Judges 10:3, 4, 5.
3. father of Mordecai Esther 2:5.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

32:41

Deuteronomy

3:14

Joshua

13:30

Judges

10:3; 10:4; 10:5

1 Kings

4:13

1 Chronicles

2:22; 2:23

Esther

2:5

H2971

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2971 matches the Hebrew יָאִיר (yā'îr),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:41 - Jair H2971 the son H1121 of Manasseh H4519 went H1980 and took H3920 its [fn]towns, H2333 and called H7121 them [fn]Havvoth-jair. H2334

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:14 - Jair H2971 the son H1121 of Manasseh H4519 took H3947 all H3605 the region H2256 of Argob H709 as far H5704 as the border H1366 of the Geshurites H1651 and the Maacathites, H4602 and called H7121 [fn]it, that is, Bashan, H1316 after H5921 his own name, H8034 [fn]Havvoth-jair, H2334 as it is to this H2088 day.) H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:30 - Their territory H1366 was from Mahanaim, H4266 all H3605 Bashan, H1316 all H3605 the kingdom H4468 of Og H5747 king H4428 of Bashan, H1316 and all H3605 the [fn]towns H2333 of Jair, H2971 which H834 are in Bashan, H1316 sixty H8346 cities; H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:3 - After H310 him, Jair H2971 the Gileadite H1569 arose H6965 and judged H8199 Israel H3478 twenty-two H6242 H8147 years. H8141

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:5 - And Jair H2971 died H4191 and was buried H6912 in Kamon. H7056

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:13 - Ben-geber, H1127 in Ramoth-gilead H7433 (the towns H2333 of Jair, H2971 the son H1121 of Manasseh, H4519 which H834 are in Gilead H1568 were his: the region H2256 of Argob, H709 which H834 is in Bashan, H1316 sixty H8346 great H1419 cities H5892 with walls H2346 and bronze H5178 bars H1280 were his);

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22 - Segub H7687 became H3205 the father H3205 of Jair, H2971 who had H1961 twenty-three H6242 H7969 cities H5892 in the land H776 of Gilead. H1568

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:23 - But Geshur H1650 and Aram H758 took H3947 [fn]the towns H2333 of Jair H2971 from them, with Kenath H7079 and its villages, H1323 even sixty H8346 cities. H5892 All H3605 these H428 were the sons H1121 of Machir, H4353 the father H1 of Gilead. H1568

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5 - Now there was at the citadel H1002 in Susa H7800 a Jew H3064 whose name H8034 was Mordecai, H4782 the son H1121 of Jair, H2971 the son H1121 of Shimei, H8096 the son H1121 of Kish, H7027 a Benjamite, H376 H3228
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