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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 - And Jair H2971 the son H1121 of Manasseh H4519 went H1980 and took H3920 the small towns thereof, H2333 and called H7121 them H853 Havothjair. H2334 H2334

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:14 - Jair H2971 the son H1121 of Manasseh H4519 took H3947 all H3605 the country H2256 of Argob H709 unto H5704 the coasts H1366 of Geshuri H1651 and Maachathi; H4602 and called H7121 them H853 after H5921 his own name, H8034 Bashanhavothjair, H1316 H2334 H2334 unto H5704 this H2088 day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:30 - And H1961➔ their coast H1366 was ➔H1961 from Mahanaim, H4266 all H3605 Bashan, H1316 all H3605 the kingdom H4468 of Og H5747 king H4428 of Bashan, H1316 and all H3605 the towns H2333 of Jair, H2971 which H834 are in Bashan, H1316 threescore H8346 cities: H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:3 - And H6965➔ after him H310 arose ➔H6965 Jair, H2971 a Gileadite, H1569 and judged H8199 Israel H3478 twenty H6242 and two H8147 years. H8141

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:5 - And H4191➔ Jair H2971 died, ➔H4191 and was buried H6912 in Camon. H7056

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:13 - The son H1127 of Geber, H1127 in Ramothgilead; H7433 H1568 to him pertained the towns H2333 of Jair H2971 the son H1121 of Manasseh, H4519 which H834 are in Gilead; H1568 to him also pertained the region H2256 of Argob, H709 which H834 is in Bashan, H1316 threescore H8346 great H1419 cities H5892 with walls H2346 and H1280➔ brasen H5178 bars: ➔H1280

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22 - And Segub H7687 begat H3205 Jair, H2971 who H1961➔ had ➔H1961 three and H7969 twenty H6242 cities H5892 in H776➔ the H1568➔ land ➔H776 of Gilead. ➔H1568

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:23 - And he took H3947 Geshur, H1650 and Aram, H758 with H853 the towns H2333 of Jair, H2971 from them, H854 with H854 Kenath, H7079 and H853 the towns thereof, H1323 even threescore H8346 cities. H5892 All H3605 these H428 belonged to the sons H1121 of Machir H4353 the father H1 of Gilead. H1568

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5 - Now in Shushan H7800 the palace H1002 there was H1961 a certain H376 Jew, H3064 whose name H8034 was Mordecai, H4782 the son H1121 of Jair, H2971 the son H1121 of Shimei, H8096 the son H1121 of Kish, H7027 a Benjamite; H1145
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