Strong H2971H2971Gיָאִיר
Jair
One of the 4 senses of Strong H2971
- Transliteration
- yâ'îyr
- Pronunciation
- yaw-ere'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Jair = "he enlightens"
General definition
From H215; enlightener;
{Jair} the name of four Israelites: - Jair.
{Jair} the name of four Israelites: - Jair.
In the biblical story
Jair
Manassite leader who captured Gilead
Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, captured the region of Gilead.
In the Bible
Strong H2971G appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- jair4
First verses
- Numbers 32:41And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth–jair.
- Deuteronomy 3:14Jair 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.
- 1 Kings 4:13The 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:
- 1 Chronicles 2:22And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.