H2971 יָאִיר
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 9 KJV occurrences
יָאִיר
Yâʼîyr · yaw-ere'
Definition
Jair, the name of four Israelites
KJV Renderings
Jair.
Derivation / Etymology
from H215 (אוֹר); enlightener;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 9)
- Numbers 32:41And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair.
- Deuteronomy 3:14Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day.
- Joshua 13:30And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
- Judges 10:3¶ And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
- Judges 10:5And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
- 1 Kings 4:13The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
- 1 Chronicles 2:22And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
- 1 Chronicles 2:23And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.