Yâʻûwr — H3265

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jaur, an Israelite

1. Jair = "forested"
2. father of Elhanan the giant slayer, one of David's mighty warriors
1. also called 'Jaare-oregim'

Usually translated as

Jair

Origin

apparently the passive participle of the same as H3293; wooded

• Same as Yaʻar (H3293)

Occurrences

Yâʻûwr occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1)

• 1 Chronicles 20:5 — And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair (יָעִ֗יר) slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.