Yâʼîyr — H2971

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jair, the name of four Israelites

1. Jair = "he enlightens"
2. a descendant of Manasseh who conquered many towns during the time of the conquest
3. the Gileadite, a judge of Israel for 22 years during the time of the judges; father of 30 sons
4. a Benjamite, son of Kish, and father of Mordecai
5. father of Elhanan, one of David's mighty warriors

Usually translated as

Jair

Origin

from H215; enlightener

• Derived from ʼôwr (H215)

Greek equivalents

• Iáeiros (G2383)

Occurrences

Yâʼîyr occurs 9 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (1), Judges (2), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (2), Esther (1)

• Numbers 32:41 — And Jair (וְיָאִ֤יר) the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair.
• Deuteronomy 3:14 — Jair (יָאִ֣יר) 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.
• 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 (יָאִ֛יר), which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
• Judges 10:3 — And after him arose Jair (יָאִ֖יר), a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
• Judges 10:5 — And Jair (יָאִ֔יר) died, and was buried in Camon.
• 1 Kings 4:13 — The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair (יָאִ֨יר) 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:
• 1 Chronicles 2:22 — And Segub begat Jair (יָאִ֑יר), who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
• 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.
• Esther 2:5 — Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair (יָאִ֧יר), the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;