Chirah חִירָה
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| חִירָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | chirah |
| Strong's number | H2437 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a man |
| Gloss | Hirah |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Chirah (Hebrew חִירָה, Strong's H2437) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Hirah”. It occurs 2 times.
Definition
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.38.1
§ Hirah = "a noble family"
an Adullamite, the friend of Judah
§ Hirah = "a noble family"
an Adullamite, the friend of Judah
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | hirah (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | hirah (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Chirah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 38:1And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
- Genesis 38:12And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.
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).