ʻÎyrâʼ — H5896

Definition

masculine proper noun

Ira, the name of three Israelites

1. Ira = "watchful of a city"
2. the Jairite, one of David's great officers
3. one of David's mighty warriors
4. a Tekoite, son of Ikkesh, and another of David's mighty warriors

Usually translated as

Ira

Origin

from H5782; wakefulness

• Derived from ʻûwr (H5782)

Occurrences

ʻÎyrâʼ occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (3), 1 Chronicles (3)

• 2 Samuel 20:26 — And Ira (עִירָא֙) also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
• 2 Samuel 23:26 — Helez the Paltite, Ira (עִירָ֥א) the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
• 2 Samuel 23:38 — Ira (עִירָא֙) an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
• 1 Chronicles 11:28 — Ira (עִירָ֤א) the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-ezer the Antothite,
• 1 Chronicles 11:40 — Ira (עִירָא֙) the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
• 1 Chronicles 27:9 — The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira (עִירָ֥א) the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.