H2971 - יָאִיר (Yâʼîyr)

H2971 יָאִיר (Yâʼîyr) yaw-ere'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

Jair

Biblical Persons & Places

Jair Man living at the time of Exile and Return

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Est.2.5; only referred to as Jair (יָאִיר); a son of Shimei; father of Mordecai.

Jair Judge living before Israel's Monarchy

A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.10.3; only referred to as Jair (יָאִיר).

Jair Man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness

A man from the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.32.41; referred to as Jair (יָאִיר), or Jairite (יָאִרִי); a son of Segub.

Jair Jair= near Gilead (Gilead@Gen.31.21-Zec=H1568G)

A location near Gilead only mentioned at Jos.13.30; only referred to as Jair (יָאִיר).

Strong's Definition

Jair, the name of four Israelites

Derivation: from H215 (אוֹר); enlightener;

KJV Usage: Jair.

Outline of Biblical Usage

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

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2383

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.32.41; son of: Segub (H7687H) Also named: ya.i.ri (יָאִרִי "Jairite" H2972) § 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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

יָאִיר yâý̂yr BDB Definition: 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 Davids mighty warriors Part of Speech: noun proper masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H215 Total KJV Occurrences: 9

Bible Occurrences (8)

32:41

3:14

13:30

10:3 10:5

4:13

2:22

2:5

Numbers 32:41

Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.

Deuteronomy 3:14

Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan... after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which [it is called] to this day.

Joshua 13:30

The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan— all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities;

Judges 10:3

[Tola] was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two... years.

Judges 10:5

When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.

1 Kings 4:13

Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead [belonged] to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars)

1 Chronicles 2:22

Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three... cities in the land of Gilead.

Esther 2:5

[Now] there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.