Strong H3265יָעִיר
Jair
- Transliteration
- yâ‛ûr
- Pronunciation
- yaw-oor'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Apparently passive participle of the same as H3293; wooded;
{Jaur} an Israelite: - Jair [from the margin].
{Jaur} an Israelite: - Jair [from the margin].
Meaning of the name
Jair = "forested"
Detailed definition
In the biblical story
Jaare-oregim
Father of Elhanan, who killed Goliath's brother.
Jaare-oregim (or Jair) was the father of Elhanan, who killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite (2Sa.21.19; 1Ch.20.5).
In the Bible
Strong H3265 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- jair1
First verses
- 1 Chronicles 20:5And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.