HebrewH2972Noun
יָאִרִי
ya.i.ri
“Jairite”
1Occurrences
H2972Strong's #
NounPart of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
a Jairite or descendant of Jair
patronymically from H2971 (יָאִיר);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Someone descended from Jair who was a man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Segub (H7687H) Group of ya.ir (*יָאִיר *"Jair" H2971) § Jairite = "descendant of Jair" 1) a descendant of a) Ira the Jairite was a priest to David
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun
Morphology Code
N:N--PG
Full Description
N:N--PG
Occurrences
יָאִרִי appears 1 time in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
2 Samuel
1
Key Passages
2 Samuel 20:26BSB
and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.
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