Yair יָאִיר
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| יָאִיר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | yair |
| Strong's number | H2971 (H2971G, H2971I, H2971H, H2971J) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a man |
| Gloss | Jair |
| Occurrences | 8 in 8 verses |
| Most frequent in | Judges (2) |
Yair (Hebrew יָאִיר, Strong's H2971) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Jair”. It occurs 8 times.
Definition
H2971G: Jair
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.32.41;
son of: Segub (H7687H)
Also named: ya.i.ri (יָאִרִי "Jairite" H2972)
§ Jair = "he enlightens"
1) a descendant of Manasseh who conquered many towns during the time of the conquest
2) the Gileadite, a judge of Israel for 22 years during the time of the judges; father of 30 sons
3) a Benjamite, son of Kish, and father of Mordecai
4) father of Elhanan, one of David's mighty warriors
son of: Segub (H7687H)
Also named: ya.i.ri (יָאִרִי "Jairite" H2972)
§ Jair = "he enlightens"
1) a descendant of Manasseh who conquered many towns during the time of the conquest
2) the Gileadite, a judge of Israel for 22 years during the time of the judges; father of 30 sons
3) a Benjamite, son of Kish, and father of Mordecai
4) father of Elhanan, one of David's mighty warriors
H2971I: Jair
A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.10.3
§ Jair = "he enlightens"
1) a descendant of Manasseh who conquered many towns during the time of the conquest
2) the Gileadite, a judge of Israel for 22 years during the time of the judges; father of 30 sons
3) a Benjamite, son of Kish, and father of Mordecai
4) father of Elhanan, one of David's mighty warriors
§ Jair = "he enlightens"
1) a descendant of Manasseh who conquered many towns during the time of the conquest
2) the Gileadite, a judge of Israel for 22 years during the time of the judges; father of 30 sons
3) a Benjamite, son of Kish, and father of Mordecai
4) father of Elhanan, one of David's mighty warriors
H2971H: Jair
A town near Gilead
§ Jair = "he enlightens"
§ Jair = "he enlightens"
H2971J: Jair
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Est.2.5;
son of: Shimei (H8096U);
father of: Mordecai (H4782H)
§ Jair = "he enlightens"
1) a descendant of Manasseh who conquered many towns during the time of the conquest
2) the Gileadite, a judge of Israel for 22 years during the time of the judges; father of 30 sons
3) a Benjamite, son of Kish, and father of Mordecai
4) father of Elhanan, one of David's mighty warriors
son of: Shimei (H8096U);
father of: Mordecai (H4782H)
§ Jair = "he enlightens"
1) a descendant of Manasseh who conquered many towns during the time of the conquest
2) the Gileadite, a judge of Israel for 22 years during the time of the judges; father of 30 sons
3) a Benjamite, son of Kish, and father of Mordecai
4) father of Elhanan, one of David's mighty warriors
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | jair (9) |
|---|---|
| BSB | jair (8) |
Verses
Every verse with 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.
Joshua
- Joshua 13:30And 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:The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities;
Judges
- Judges 10:3And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.
- Judges 10:5And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 4:13The 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:Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 2:22And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
Esther
- Esther 2:5Now 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;Now there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.
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).