Bible Names

Ir: meaning of the name

Ir means “watchman; city; vision.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Ir in Hebrew and Greek

עִיר H5893

ʻÎyr (eer) — Ir, an Israelite

the same as H5892 (עִיר);

Who named Ir in the Bible

Ir in Scripture

“Ir” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • Joshua 19:41

    And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir–shemesh,

  • 1 Chronicles 4:12

    And Eshton begat Beth–rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir–nahash. These are the men of Rechah.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:12

    Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.