Havvoth-jair
חַוּוֹת יָעִירStrong’s H2334chauvot yair (chau-vot ya-ir)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chauvot yair is the Hebrew word usually translated “jair”, “havvoth” and “villages of”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.”
Meaning
- § Havoth-jair = "villages of Jair"
How it's translated
- jair 4
- havvoth 3
- villages of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 1
- Deuteronomy 1
- Judges 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 3:14Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.
- Judges 10:4And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
- 1 Chronicles 2:23And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
Hebrew dictionary
חַוּוֹת יָעִיר chauvot yair · Havvoth-jair
§ Havoth-jair = "villages of Jair" certain villages on the east of Jordan, in Gilead or Bashan, which were taken by Jair, the son of Manasseh, and called after his name; 60 or 23 or 30 cities in total
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.