Jair
יָעִירStrong’s H3265yaur (ya-ur)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Yaur is the Hebrew word usually translated “jair”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.”
Meaning
- Father of Elhanan the giant slayer, one of David's mighty warriorsalso called 'Jaare-oregim'
How it's translated
- jair 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
יָעִיר yaur · Jair
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.21.19; father of: Elhanan (H0445) Another name of ya.a.re o.re.gim (יַעֲרֵי אֹרְגִים "Jaare-oregim" H3296) § Jair = "forested" 1) father of Elhanan the giant slayer, one of David's mighty warriors 1a) also called 'Jaare-oregim'
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.