Strong H29714 sensesיָאִיר

Meaning of the name

The 4 senses of Strong H2971

The lexicon tells 4 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H2971 appears in 9 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. Manassite leader who captured GileadH2971G4 verses · 4 books
2. Gileadite judge who led IsraelH2971I2 verses · Judges
3. An Israelite who possessed towns in GileadH2971H1 verse · Joshua
4. Mordecai's father, a BenjamiteH2971J1 verse · Esther

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• jair9

First verses

1. Numbers 32:41
   And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth–jair.
2. Deuteronomy 3:14
   Jair 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.
3. Joshua 13:30
   And 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:
4. Judges 10:3
   And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
5. Judges 10:5
   And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
6. 1 Kings 4:13
   The 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:
7. 1 Chronicles 2:22
   And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
8. 1 Chronicles 2:23
   And 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.
9. Esther 2:5
   Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;