Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #5896 - עִירָא Ira (three Israelites)

Original Word:	עִירָא
Transliteration:	Ira
Definition:	three Israelites
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(ee-raw')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Ira

From uwr; wakefulness; Ira, the name of three Israelites -- Ira.

see HEBREW uwr

Englishman's Concordance

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
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H5782

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עִירָאproper name, masculine (see Sabean proper name, masculine עיר Hal¹⁵⁹); —

1כֹּהֵן (q. v.

1) of David2 Samuel 20:26; on possibly ident. with 2b see Th Klo HPS, opposed to We Dr; Ειρας, ᵐ5^LΙωδαε.

2heroes of David (Ειρας, etc., ᵐ5^LΙδεα, Οιαδ, etc.):

a.2 Samuel 23:26=1 Chronicles 11:28; 1 Chronicles 27:9.

b.2 Samuel 23:38=1 Chronicles 11:40.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5896. עִירָא (Ira) — 6 Occurrences

2 Samuel 20:26
HEB: וְגַ֗ם עִירָא֙ הַיָּ֣אִרִ֔י הָיָ֥ה
NAS:and Ira the Jairite was also
KJV:And Ira also the Jairite
INT: was also and Ira the Jairite become

2 Samuel 23:26
HEB:חֶ֚לֶץ הַפַּלְטִ֔י עִירָ֥א בֶן־ עִקֵּ֖שׁ
NAS: the Paltite, Ira the son
KJV: the Paltite, Ira the son
INT: Helez the Paltite Ira the son of Ikkesh

2 Samuel 23:38
HEB: עִירָא֙ הַיִּתְרִ֔י גָּרֵ֖ב
NAS:Ira the Ithrite, Gareb
KJV:Ira an Ithrite, Gareb
INT:Ira the Ithrite Gareb

1 Chronicles 11:28
HEB: עִירָ֤א בֶן־ עִקֵּשׁ֙
NAS:Ira the son of Ikkesh
KJV:Ira the son of Ikkesh
INT:Ira the son of Ikkesh

1 Chronicles 11:40
HEB: עִירָא֙ הַיִּתְרִ֔י גָּרֵ֖ב
NAS:Ira the Ithrite, Gareb
KJV:Ira the Ithrite, Gareb
INT:Ira the Ithrite Gareb

1 Chronicles 27:9
HEB:לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשִּׁשִּׁ֔י עִירָ֥א בֶן־ עִקֵּ֖שׁ
NAS: month [was] Ira the son
KJV: month [was] Ira the son
INT: month the sixth Ira the son of Ikkesh

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