Word

עִירָא

ʻÎyrâʼ · H5896 · Hebrew · proper noun · 6 occurrences

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This name belongs to 3 people

Meanings

Ira

A man from Jair who served as a priest for David

Examples
2 Samuel 20:26 Ira the Jairite also was a priest to David.
Ira

A man who was the son of Ikkesh from Tekoa, a warrior in the time of King David

Examples
2 Samuel 23:26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
1 Chronicles 11:28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,
1 Chronicles 27:9 The sixth, for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
Ira

A man who was an Ithrite, a warrior in the time of King David

Examples
2 Samuel 23:38 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
1 Chronicles 11:40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

6 occurrences in 4 groups

בֵּןson 3
תְּקוֹעִיfrom Tekoa 3
יִתְרִיIthrite 2
יָאִרִיJairite 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

שִׁשִּׁיsixth 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Names of People003001007: עִירָא (Ira) is a personal name, borne by one of David's priests/chief officers (2 Samuel 20:26) and one of his mighty men (2 Samuel 23:26).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5896. Ira עִירָא proper name, masculine (see Sabean proper name, masculine עיר Hal159);…

H5896. Ira
עִירָא proper name, masculine (see Sabean proper name, masculine עיר Hal159); —
1 כֹּהֵן (q. v.
1) of David 2Sa 20:26; on possibly ident. with 2b see Th Klo HPS, opposed to We Dr; Ειρας, ᵐ5L Ιωδαε.
2 heroes of David (Ειρας, etc., ᵐ5L Ιδεα, Οιαδ, etc.):
a. 2Sa 23:26 = 1Ch 11:28; 1Ch 27:9.
b. 2Sa 23:38 = 1Ch 11:40.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Names of People6 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0