Yairi means “Jairite” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G2972 — kos (“Cos”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H2972 יָאִרִי (Ya'iriy) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Ya'iriy (yaw-ee-ree') n-m. 1. a Jairite or descendant of Jair [patronymically from H2971] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include jairite. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Ya'iriy (yaw-ee-ree') n-m. 1. a Jairite or descendant of Jair [patronymically from H2971] KJV: Jairite. Root(s): H2971
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2972. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Jairite
Usage: Someone descended from Jair who was a man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.32.41; son of: Segub (H7687H) Group of ya.ir (יָאִיר "Jair" H2971) § Jairite = "descendant of Jair" 1) a descendant of Jair 1a) Ira the Jairite was a priest to David
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Ya'iriy, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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1 indexed usage in Old Testament.
And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's H2972.
And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2972, grouped by book.
Yairi (Strong's H2972) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Jairite". Ya'iriy (yaw-ee-ree') n-m. 1. a Jairite or descendant of Jair [patronymically from H2971]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's H2972 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2972 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as jairite. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.