Jair
JAIR
1 A leader in the conquest of Bashan, probably before the Jews crossed the Jordan, B. C. 1451. Twenty-three cities near Argob were called after him Havoth-jair, which see.2. The eighth judge of Israel, in Gilead of Manasseh, B. C. 1210. He seems to have been a descendant and heir of the former, Jdg 10:3- 5.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Jair
(Hebrew: enlightened)
(1) A contemporary of Moses, son of Segub. He was related to two of the most powerful families of Israel, through his paternal grandfather, Hesron, to the tribe of Juda, and on the maternal side to the tribe of Manasses (1 Par. 2). Jair acquired glory in the conquest of the promised land, to the east of the Jordan. Placed at the head of valiant men, he conquered all the district of Argob, even to the borders of Machati (Deuteronomy 3). He took 23 cities in Galaad, and named them, Havoth Jair, or “villages of Jair” (Number 32). Among the pasterity of Jair are mentioned Ira the Jairite, priest of David (2 Kings 20) and Jair, a judge of Israel.
(2) Jair of Galaad, a judge of Israel during 22 years (Judges 10). He was a vigorous and suceessful leader, who kept such an approach to royal state, that, as Scripture says, his 30 sons rode like princes, on as many ass colts. Jair possessed in Galaad 30 cities, called Havoth Jair. These cities took their name from Jair, son of Segub, of whom Jair was probably a descendant. He was buried, in Camon.
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Jair
enlightener. (1.) The son of Segub. He was brought up with his mother in Gilead, where he had possessions (1 Chr. 2:22). He distinguished himself in an expedition against Bashan, and settled in the part of Argob on the borders of Gilead. The small towns taken by him there are called Havoth-jair, i.e., “Jair’s villages” (Num. 32:41; Deut. 3:14; Josh. 13:30).
(2.) The eighth judge of Israel, which he ruled for twenty-two years. His opulence is described in Judg. 10:3-5. He had thirty sons, each riding on “ass colts.” They had possession of thirty of the sixty cities (1 Kings 4:13; 1 Chr. 2:23) which formed the ancient Havoth-jair.
(3.) A Benjamite, the father of Mordecai, Esther’s uncle (Esther 2:5).
(4.) The father of Elhanan, who slew Lahmi, the brother of Goliath (1 Chr. 20:5).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Jair
(“splendid, shining”) (See ARGOB; BASHAN HAVOTH JAIR.)
1. On his father’s side, of Judah; on his mother’s side, of Manasseh. Son of Segub, who was son of Hezron by his third wife, daughter and heiress in part of Machir (father of Gilead) of Manasseh (1Ch 2:21-22-23; Deu 3:14-15). His designation from his mother, not his father, was probably owing to his settling in Manasseh E. of Jordan. His brilliant exploit was, he took Argob or Trachonitis, the Lejah, and called from his own name certain villages or groups of tents (“kraals”), 23 originally, Havoth Jair (Num 32:41), afterward increased to 30 (Jdg 10:4).
2. The Gileadite judge. His 30 sons rode 30 asses, and had 30 cities, the number to which the original Havoth Jair had grown.
3. A Benjamite, son of Kish, father of Mordecai (Est 2:5).
4. A different Hebrew name, though in English Jair, or Jeer (Hebrew text or kethib). Father of Elhanan, one of David’s heroes who slew Lahmi, Goliath’s brother (1Ch 20:5).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Jair
JAIR.1. A clan of Jairites lived on the east of Jordan who were called after Jair. This Jair was of the children of Manasseh (Num 32:41), andif we may assume a traditional fusiona judge (Jdg 10:3 ff.). The settlement of this clan marks a subsequent conquest to that of the west of Jordan. The gentilic Jairite is used for Ira (2Sa 20:26). 2. The father of Mordecai (Est 2:5), 3. The father of Elhanan. See Elhanan, Jaare-Oregim).
W. F. Cobb.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Jair
jaer:
(1) Jair (, ya’r, he enlightens or one giving light):
(a) Son, i.e. descendant of Manasseh (Num 32:41; Deu 3:14; Jos 13:30; 1Ki 4:13 :1 1Ki 2:22 f). According to 1Ch 2:21 f he was the son of Segub, son of Hezron, a descendant of Judah, who married the daughter of Machir, son of Manasseh. He was thus descended both from Judah and Manasseh. At the time of the conquest he distinguished himself by taking the tent-villages HAVVOTH-JAIR (which see). The accounts of his exploit are difficult to harmonize (see ICC on above passages). Some would identify him with the Jair of Jdg 10:3, holding that Manasseh’s settlement in Northern Gilead and Bashan took place, not before Israel’s passage of the Jordan, but after the settlement of the tribe on the West. For a criticism of this view see HGHL, 577, note
(b) One of the judges. He is said to have had 30 sons, who rode on 30 ass colts, and who had as many cities, known as Havvoth-jair (Jdg 10:3, Jdg 10:4). One tradition identifies (a) and (b). Others reconcile the two narratives by interpreting the word son in a non-literal sense.
(c) The father of Mordecai (Est 2:5). In the Apocrypha (Additions to Esther 11:2) his name is given as Jairus (, Iaeiros).
(2) Jair (Kere: , yar, he arouses; Kethbh: , yaur; a different name from (1) above): The father of Elhanan, the giant-slayer (1Ch 20:5). In the parallel passage (2Sa 21:19) his name is given as Jaare-oregim, but the text should be corrected to Jair, oregim (‘oreghm) having crept in from the line below through a copyist’s error.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Jair
Jair, 1
Jair (enlightener), son of Segub, of the tribe of Manasseh by his mother, and of Judah by his father. He appears to have distinguished himself in an expedition against the kingdom of Bashan, the time of which is disputed, but may probably be referred to the last year of the life of Moses, B.C. 1451. It seems to have formed part of the operations connected with the conquest of the country east of the Jordan. He settled in the part of Argob bordering on Gilead, where we find twenty-three villages named collectively Havoth-jair, or ‘Jair’s villages’ (Num 32:41; Deu 3:14; Jos 13:30; 1Ch 2:22).
Jair, 2
Jair, eighth judge of Israel, of Gilead, in Manasseh, beyond the Jordan; and, therefore, probably descended from the preceding, with whom, indeed, he is sometimes confounded. He ruled twenty-two years, and his opulence is indicated in a manner characteristic of the age in which he lived. ‘He had thirty sons, that rode on thirty ass-colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair, in the land of Gilead.’ The twenty-three villages of the more ancient Jair were probably among the thirty which this Jair possessed (Jdg 10:3). B.C. 1210.
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Jair
[Ja’ir]
1. Son of Segub, a descendant of Judah but called ‘son of Manasseh’ from his mother the daughter of Machir. He is also called one of ‘the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.’ He conquered the territory of Argob with some towns, which he called HAVOTH-JAIR, ‘the towns of Jair.’ Num 32:41; Deu 3:14; Jos 13:30; 1Ki 4:13; 1Ch 2:22-23.
2. A Gileadite who judged Israel twenty-two years. Jdg 10:3-5. He had thirty sons, who had thirty cities in the land of Gilead, which were also called ‘HAVOTH-JAIR.’
3. A Benjamite, father of Mordecai. Est 2:5.
4. Father of Elhanan who slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath. 1Ch 20:5. He is called JAARE-OREGIM in 2Sa 21:19.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Jair
H2971 H3265
1. Son of Manasseh, founder of twenty-three cities in Gilead
Num 32:41; Deu 3:14; Jos 13:30; 1Ki 4:13; 1Ch 2:22-23
2. A judge of Israel
Jdg 10:3-5
3. A Benjamite
Est 2:5
4. Father of Elhanan
1Ch 20:5
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Jair
Jair (j’ir), whom Jehovah enlightens. 1. A chief warrior under Moses, descended from the most powerful family of Judah and Manasseh. He took all the country of Argob (the modern Lejah) on the east side of Jordan, and, besides, some villages in Gilead, which he called Havoth-jair, “villages of Jair.” 1Ch 2:21-23; Num 32:41; Deu 3:14 : comp. Jos 13:30. 2. Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel 22 years. “He had thirty sons who rode on thirty ass-colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair, which are in Gilead.” Jdg 10:3 to Jdg 5:3. A Benjamite, father of Mordecai. Est 2:6. 4 In 1Ch 20:5, in the A. V., Jair occurs, but it is a totally different name in Hebrew, meaning “whom God awakens.” This Jair was the father of Elhanan, who killed Lachmi, the brother of Goliath. He is called Jaare-oregim in 2Sa 21:19.
Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible
Jair
Ja’ir. (enlightener).
1. A man who, on his father’s side, was descended from Judah, and on his mother’s, from Manasseh. (B.C. 1451). During the conquest, he took the whole of the tract of Argob, Deu 3:14, and in addition, possessed himself of some nomad villages in Gilead, which he called after his own name, Havoth-Jair. Num 32:41; 1Ch 2:23.
2. Jair, the Gileadite, who judged Israel for two-and-twenty years. Jdg 10:3-5. (B.C. 1160). He had thirty sons, and possessed thirty cities in the land of Gilead, which, like those of their namesakes, were called Havoth-jair.
3. A Benjamite, son of Kish, and father of Mordecai. Est 2:5. (B.C. Before 598).
4. The father of Elhanan, one of the heroes of David’s army. 1Ch 20:6.
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
JAIR
(1) Son of Manasseh
Num 32:41; Deu 3:14
(2) A Judge
Jdg 10:3
–SEE Judges of Israel (2), ISRAEL-THE JEWS
Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
Jair
of the family of Manasseh. He possessed a large canton beyond Jordan; the whole country of Argob, as far as the borders of Geshur and Maachathi, Jdg 10:3. He succeeded Tola in the judicature or government of the Israelites, and was himself succeeded by Jephthah. His government continued twenty-two years; from A.M. 2795 to 2817. Jair had thirty sons, who rode on asses, and were lords or governors of thirty towns, called Havoth-jair. He was buried at Camon beyond Jordan.