HebrewH2437Proper Noun (Masculine)

חִירָה

chi.rah

“Hirah”

2Occurrences

H2437Strong's #

Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Chirah, an Adullamite

from H2357 (חָוַר) in the sense of splendor;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at § Hirah = "a noble family" an Adullamite, the friend of Judah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

חִירָה appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis

Key Passages

Genesis 38:1BSB

About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.

Genesis 38:12BSB

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.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.