King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5896
Transliteration: Ira
Phonetic Spelling: (ee-raw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: three Israelites
Meaning: Ira -- three Israelites
Word Summary
Ira: three Israelites
Original Word: עִירָאTransliteration: Ira
Phonetic Spelling: (ee-raw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: three Israelites
Meaning: Ira -- three Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Ira From uwr; wakefulness; Ira, the name of three Israelites -- Ira.
see HEBREW uwr
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5896. Ira
עִירָא proper name, masculine (see Sabean proper name, masculine עיר Hal159); —
1 כֹּהֵן (q. v.
1) of David 2 Samuel 20:26; on possibly ident. with 2b see Th Klo HPS, opposed to We Dr; Ειρας, ᵐ5L Ιωδαε.
2 heroes of David (Ειρας, etc., ᵐ5L Ιδεα, Οιαδ, etc.):
a. 2 Samuel 23:26 = 1 Chronicles 11:28; 27:9.