Hirah
חִירָהStrong’s H2437chirah (chi-rah)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chirah is the Hebrew word usually translated “hirah”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.38.1
How it's translated
- hirah 1
- and hirah 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 2
1 book in all.
Hebrew dictionary
חִירָה chirah · Hirah
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.38.1 § Hirah = "a noble family" an Adullamite, the friend of Judah
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.