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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

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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

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:41 - And Jair the son of Manasse went and took their [fn]villages, and called them the villages of Jair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:14 - And Jair the son of Manasse took all the country round about Argob as far as the borders of Gargasi and Machathi: he called them by his name Basan Thavoth Jair until this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:30 - And their borders were from Maan, and all the kingdom of Basan, and all the kingdom of Og king of Basan, and all the villages of Jair, which are in the region of Basan, sixty cities:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:3 - And after him arose Jair of Galaad, and he judged Israel twenty-two years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:5 - And Jair died, and was buried in Rhamnon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:13 - The son of Naber in Raboth Galaad, to him fell the lot of Ergab in Basan, sixty great cities with walls, and brazen bars, one.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22 - And Seruch begot Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in Galaad.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:23 - And he took Gedsur and Aram, the towns of Jair from them; with Canath and its towns, sixty cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Galaad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5 - Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mardochæus, the son of Jairus, the son of Semeias, the son of Cisæus, of the tribe of Benjamin;
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