Bible Names

Hirah: meaning of the name

Hirah means “liberty; anger.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Hirah in Hebrew and Greek

חִירָה H2437

Chîyrâh (khee-raw') — Chirah, an Adullamite

from H2357 (חָוַר) in the sense of splendor;

Who named Hirah in the Bible

Hirah in Scripture

“Hirah” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 38:1

    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.

  • Genesis 38:12

    And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.