King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2971
Transliteration: Yair
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-ere')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "he enlightens", three Israelites
Meaning: Jair -- "he enlightens", three Israelites
Word Summary
Yair: "he enlightens", three Israelites
Original Word: יָאִירTransliteration: Yair
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-ere')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "he enlightens", three Israelites
Meaning: Jair -- "he enlightens", three Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Jair From 'owr; enlightener; Jair, the name of four Israelites -- Jair.
see HEBREW 'owr
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2971. Yair
יָאִיר proper name, masculine (he enlightens, or one giving light).
1 son of Manasseh Numbers 32:41 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 3:14 (twice in verse); Joshua 13:30; 1 Kings 4:13; 1 Chronicles 2:22-23,.
2 a judge in Gilead Judges 10:3-4, 5.
3 father of Mordecai Esther 2:5.