H5896: עִירָא
ʻÎyrâʼ · pronounced ee-raw' · “Ira”
Definition
Ira, the name of three Israelites
KJV translates it as: Ira.
Word origin: from H5782 (עוּר); wakefulness;
Extended definition
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Sa.20.26
§ Ira = "watchful of a city"
1) the Jairite, one of David's great officers
2) one of David's mighty warriors
3) a Tekoite, son of Ikkesh, and another of David's mighty warriors
§ Ira = "watchful of a city"
1) the Jairite, one of David's great officers
2) one of David's mighty warriors
3) a Tekoite, son of Ikkesh, and another of David's mighty warriors
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5896 is translated
- ira ×6
Bible verses with H5896 (ʻÎyrâʼ)
ʻîyrâʼ appears in 6 verses.
- 2 Samuel 20:26
And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
- 2 Samuel 23:26
Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
- 2 Samuel 23:38
Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
- 1 Chronicles 11:28
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi–ezer the Antothite,
- 1 Chronicles 11:40
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
- 1 Chronicles 27:9
The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.