HebrewH3265Proper Noun (Masculine)

יָעִיר

ya.ur

“Jair”

1Occurrences

H3265Strong's #

Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jaur, an Israelite

apparently the passive participle of the same as H3293 (יַעַר); wooded;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; father of: Elhanan (H0445) Another name of ya.a.re o.re.gim (*יַעֲרֵי אֹרְגִים *"Jaare-oregim" H3296) § Jair = "forested" 1) father of Elhanan the giant slayer, one of David's mighty warriors 1a) also called 'Jaare-oregim'

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יָעִיר appears 1 time in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 20:5BSB

Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

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