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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 - And Jair H2971 the son of Manasseh went and took its [fn]towns and called them [fn]Havvoth-jair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:14 - Jair H2971 the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites and called [fn]it—that is, Bashan—after his own name, [fn]Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:30 - And their territory was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all of [fn]Havvoth-jair H2971, which are in Bashan, sixty cities;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:3 -

After him, Jair H2971 the Gileadite arose and judged Israel twenty-two years.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:13 -

Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (now [fn]Havvoth-Jair H2971—Jair being the son of Manasseh—which is in Gilead was his: the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars were his);

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22 -

Segub became the father of Jair H2971, and he had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:23 -

But Geshur and Aram took [fn]Havvoth-jair H2971 from them, with Kenath and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5 -

Now there was at the citadel in Susa a Jew. And his name was Mordecai, the son of Jair H2971, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,

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