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Lexicon :: Strong's H5895 - ʿayir

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עַיִר
Transliteration
ʿayir
Pronunciation
ah'-yeer
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From עוּר (H5782) in the sense of raising (ie bearing a burden)
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TWOT Reference: 1616a

Strong’s Definitions

עַיִר ʻayir, ah'-yeer; from H5782 in the sense of raising (i.e. bearing a burden); properly, a young ass (as just broken to a load); hence an ass-colt:—(ass) colt, foal, young ass.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H5895 in the following manner: colt (4x), foal (2x), young ass (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H5895 in the following manner: colt (4x), foal (2x), young ass (2x).

  1. he-ass, male ass

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַיִר ʻayir, ah'-yeer; from H5782 in the sense of raising (i.e. bearing a burden); properly, a young ass (as just broken to a load); hence an ass-colt:—(ass) colt, foal, young ass.
STRONGS H5895: Abbreviations
† עַ֫יִר noun masculineGen 32:16 male ass (young and vigorous); — plural וַעְיָרִם Genesis 32:16 (E); suffix עִירֹה Genesis 49:11 (poem; || בְּנִי אֲתֹנוֺ); construct פֶּרֶא עַיִר (Ges§ 131c N. 2; or appositive KöSynt. § 333 s Di and others) Job 11:12 wild ass's colt; plural עֲיָרִים, for riding Judges 10:4a (Judges 10:4b see עִיר), עֲיָרִם), Judges 12:14, singular absolute עַיִר Zechariah 9:9; עֲיָרִים for carrying Isaiah 30:6 Qr (Kt עורים), עֲיָרִם for tillage Isaiah 30:24.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

32:16; 32:16; 49:11

Judges

10:4; 10:4; 12:14

Job

11:12

Isaiah

30:6; 30:24

Zechariah

9:9

H5895

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5895 matches the Hebrew עַיִר (ʿayir),
which occurs 9 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:15 - (LXX 32:16) milch camels, and their foals, thirty, forty kine, ten bulls, twenty asses, and ten colts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:11 - Binding his foal to the vine, and the foal of his ass to the branch of it, he shall wash his robe in wine, and his garment in the blood of the grape.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:4 - And he had thirty-two sons riding on thirty-two colts, and they had thirty-two cities; and they called them Jair's towns until this day in the land of Galaad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:14 - And he had forty sons, and thirty grandsons, that rode upon seventy colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:12 - But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman is like an ass of the desert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The Vision of the Quadrupeds in the Desert. In affliction and distress, where are the lion and lion's whelp, thence come also asps, and the young of flying asps, there shall they be who bore their wealth on asses and camels to a nation which shall not profit them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:24 - Your bulls and your oxen that till the ground, shall eat chaff mixed with winnowed barley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:9 - Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion; proclaim it aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem; [fn] behold, the King is coming to thee, just, and [fn]a Saviour; he is meek and riding on an ass, and a young foal.
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