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Lexicon :: Strong's H5896 - ʿîrā'

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עִירָא
Transliteration
ʿîrā'
Pronunciation
ee-raw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

עִירָא ʻÎyrâʼ, ee-raw'; from H5782; wakefulness; Ira, the name of three Israelites:—Ira.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H5896 in the following manner: Ira (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H5896 in the following manner: Ira (6x).

  1. Ira = "watchful of a city"

    1. the Jairite, one of David's great officers

    2. one of David's mighty warriors

    3. a Tekoite, son of Ikkesh, and another of David's mighty warriors

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עִירָא ʻÎyrâʼ, ee-raw'; from H5782; wakefulness; Ira, the name of three Israelites:—Ira.
STRONGS H5896: Abbreviations
† עִירָא proper name, masculine (see Sabean proper name, masculine עיר Hal159); —
1. כֹּהֵן (which see 1) of David 2 Samuel 20:26; on possibly ident. with 2b see Th Klo HPS, opposed to We Dr; Ειρας, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ιωδαε.
2. heroes of David (Ειρας, etc., LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ιδεα, Οιαδ, etc.):
a. 2 Samuel 23:26 = 1 Chronicles 11:28; 1 Chronicles 27:9.
b. 2 Samuel 23:38 = 1 Chronicles 11:40.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

20:26; 23:26; 23:38

1 Chronicles

11:28; 11:40; 27:9

H5896

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5896 matches the Hebrew עִירָא (ʿîrā'),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:26 - and Ira the Jairite was also David’s priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:26 - Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh of Tekoa,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:38 - Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:28 - Ira the son of Ikkesh of Tekoa, Abiezer of Anathoth,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:40 - Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:9 - Sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira, the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; in his division were 24,000.
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