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.

  1. One of David's Thirty warriors, from Tekoa.H5896H3 verses · 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles
  2. One of David's Thirty warriors, an Ithrite.H5896I2 verses · 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles
  3. David's priest, a Jairite.H5896G1 verse · 2 Samuel

General definition

From H5782; wakefulness;
{Ira} the name of three Israelites: - Ira.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • ira6

First verses

  1. 2 Samuel 20:26
    And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
  2. 2 Samuel 23:26
    Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
  3. 2 Samuel 23:38
    Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
  4. 1 Chronicles 11:28
    Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi–ezer the Antothite,
  5. 1 Chronicles 11:40
    Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
  6. 1 Chronicles 27:9
    The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.