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Jair — the meaning of the Hebrew name יָעוּר

יָעוּר

Yâʻûwr · pronounced yaw-oor' · Strong's H3265 · a man

Jair means wooded.

Built from

יַעַר yaʻar (the same as, H3293) — a copse of bushes open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

apparently the passive participle of the same as H3293; wooded; Jaur, an Israelite.

First appearance

1Chr 20:5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam. (KJV)

Every verse that names Jair

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Chronicles

1Chr 20:5

Other people or places called Jair

Jair (H2971) — enlightener

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