H2971

יאיר

יאיר

yaahyar

Proper masculine noun · From אור (H215)

From H215; enlightener; Jair, the name of four Israelites:—Jair.

Outline

Jair = "he enlightens"

a descendant of Manasseh who conquered many towns during the time of the conquest
the Gileadite, a judge of Israel for 22 years during the time of the judges; father of 30 sons
a Benjamite, son of Kish, and father of Mordecai
father of Elhanan, one of David's mighty warriors

Usages

Numbers 32:41

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair.

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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.

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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:

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Judges 10:3

¶ And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.

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Judges 10:5

And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.

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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:

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1 Chronicles 2:22

And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

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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.

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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;

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