Strong H58963 sensesעִירָא
Ira
- Transliteration
- ‛îyrâ'
- Pronunciation
- ee-raw'
Meaning of the name
Ira = "watchful of a city"
The 3 senses of Strong H5896
The lexicon tells 3 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H5896 appears in 6 verses of the KJV, all senses together.
General definition
From H5782; wakefulness;
{Ira} the name of three Israelites: - Ira.
{Ira} the name of three Israelites: - Ira.
In the Bible
Translated in the KJV by
- ira6
First verses
- 2 Samuel 20:26And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
- 2 Samuel 23:26Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
- 2 Samuel 23:38Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
- 1 Chronicles 11:28Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi–ezer the Antothite,
- 1 Chronicles 11:40Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
- 1 Chronicles 27:9The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.