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Lexicon :: Strong's H2971 - yā'îr

Aa
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

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:41 - And Jair, the son of Manasseh, went and took the towns of Gilead, naming them Havvoth-Jair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:14 - Jair, the son of Manasseh, took all the land of Argob, as far as the country of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, naming it, Bashan, Havvoth-Jair after himself, as it is to this day.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:30 - And their limit was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan, and all Havvoth-Jair, in Bashan, sixty towns;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:3 - And after him came Jair the Gileadite, who was judge over Israel for twenty-two years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:5 - And at the death of Jair his body was put to rest in the earth in Kamon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:13 - ... the son of Geber in Ramoth-gilead; he had the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and the country of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great towns with walls and locks of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22 - And Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:23 - And Geshur and Aram took the tent-towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and the small places round it, even sixty towns. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5 - Now there was a certain Jew in Shushan named Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
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