Chauvot yair חַוּוֹת יָעִיר
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| חַוּוֹת יָעִיר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | chauvot yair |
| Strong's number | H2334 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Havvoth-jair |
| Occurrences | 8 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Numbers (1) |
Chauvot yair (Hebrew חַוּוֹת יָעִיר, Strong's H2334) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Havvoth-jair”. It occurs 8 times.
Definition
§ Havoth-jair = "villages of Jair"
certain villages on the east of Jordan, in Gilead or Bashan, which were taken by Jair, the son of Manasseh, and called after his name; 60 or 23 or 30 cities in total
certain villages on the east of Jordan, in Gilead or Bashan, which were taken by Jair, the son of Manasseh, and called after his name; 60 or 23 or 30 cities in total
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | havoth jair (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | havvoth jair (4), them (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Chauvot yair, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Numbers
- Numbers 32:41And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth–jair.Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
Deuteronomy
- 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.Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.
Judges
- Judges 10:4And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth–jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 2:23And 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.But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).