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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #5896 - עִירָא
Transliteration
ʻÎyrâʼ
Phonetics
ee-raw'
Origin
from (H5782)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Masculine
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Ira = “watchful of a city”
1) the Jairite, one of David’s great officers
2) one of David’s mighty warriors
3) a Tekoite, son of Ikkesh, and another of David’s mighty warriors
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (6)
2 Samuel
3
1 Chronicles
3
NAS (6)
2 Samuel
3
1 Chronicles
3
HCS (6)
2 Samuel
3
1 Chronicles
3
BSB (6)
2 Samuel
3
1 Chronicles
3
ESV (6)
2 Samuel
3
1 Chronicles
3
WEB (6)
2 Samuel
3
1 Chronicles
3
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
עִירָא proper name, masculine (see Sabean proper name, masculine עיר Hal159); —
1כֹּהֵן (q. v.
1) of David 2 Samuel 20:26; on possibly ident. with 2 b see Th Klo HPS, opposed to We Dr; Ειρας, ᵐ5 L Ιωδαε.
2 heroes of David (Ειρας, etc., ᵐ5 L Ιδεα, Οιαδ, etc.):
a. 2 Samuel 23:26 = 1 Chronicles 11:28; 1 Chronicles 27:9.
b. 2 Samuel 23:38 = 1 Chronicles 11:40.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
עִירָא (“town,” [“watchful”]), [Ira], pr.n. m.
(1) of a priest of David, 2 Samuel 20:26.
(2) of two of David’s captains, 2 Samuel 23:26, 28 2 Samuel 23:28.
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List of Word Forms
עִירָ֤א עִירָ֥א עִירָא֙ עירא ‘î·rā ‘îrā iRa
