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Iri — the meaning of the Hebrew name עִירִי

עִירִי

ʻÎyrîy · pronounced ee-ree' · Strong's H5901 · a man

Iri means urbane.

Built from

עִיר ʻîyr (from, H5892) — a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H5892; urbane; Iri, an Israelite.

First appearance

1Chr 7:7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. (KJV)

Every verse that names Iri

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Chronicles

1Chr 7:7

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