H2334: חַוּוֹת יָעִיר
Chavvôwth Yâʻîyr · pronounced khav-vothe' yaw-eer' · “Havvoth-jair”
Definition
hamlets of Jair, a region of Palestine
KJV translates it as: (Bashan-) Havoth-jair.
Word origin: from the plural of H2333 (חַוָּה) and a modification of H3265 (יָעוּר);
Extended definition
certain villages on the east of Jordan, in Gilead or Bashan, which were taken by Jair, the son of Manasseh, and called after his name; 60 or 23 or 30 cities in total
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2334 is translated
- jair ×4
- havvoth ×3
- the villages of ×1
Bible verses with H2334 (Chavvôwth Yâʻîyr)
Chavvôwth yâʻîyr appears in 4 verses.
- Numbers 32:41
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth–jair.
- Deuteronomy 3:14
Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan–havoth–jair, unto this day.
- Judges 10:4
And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth–jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
- 1 Chronicles 2:23
And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.