יָאִיר
ya.ir
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.32.41;
son of: Segub (H7687H)
Also named: ya.i.ri (יָאִרִי "Jairite" H2972)
§ Jair = "he enlightens"
1. a descendant of Manasseh who conquered many towns during the time of the conquest
2. the Gileadite, a judge of Israel for 22 years during the time of the judges; father of 30 sons
3. a Benjamite, son of Kish, and father of Mordecai
4. father of Elhanan, one of David's mighty warriors
A town near Gilead
§ Jair = "he enlightens"
A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.10.3
§ Jair = "he enlightens"
1. a descendant of Manasseh who conquered many towns during the time of the conquest
2. the Gileadite, a judge of Israel for 22 years during the time of the judges; father of 30 sons
3. a Benjamite, son of Kish, and father of Mordecai
4. father of Elhanan, one of David's mighty warriors
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Est.2.5;
son of: Shimei (H8096U);
father of: Mordecai (H4782H)
§ Jair = "he enlightens"
1. a descendant of Manasseh who conquered many towns during the time of the conquest
2. the Gileadite, a judge of Israel for 22 years during the time of the judges; father of 30 sons
3. a Benjamite, son of Kish, and father of Mordecai
4. father of Elhanan, one of David's mighty warriors
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Concordance 8 verses
- Numbers 32:41 וְיָאִ֤יר
Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
- Deuteronomy 3:14 יָאִ֣יר
Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.
- Joshua 13:30 יָאִ֛יר
The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities;
- Judges 10:3 יָאִ֖יר
Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.
- Judges 10:5 יָאִ֔יר
When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.
- 1 Kings 4:13 יָאִ֨יר
Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
- 1 Chronicles 2:22 יָאִ֑יר
Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
- Esther 2:5 יָאִ֧יר
Now there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.
