Jair
יָעִירStrong’s H3296yaur (ya-ur)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Yaur is the Hebrew word usually translated “jaare-” and “oregim”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear 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
- jaare- 1
- oregim 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 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.