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<p> ("splendid, shining") (See ARGOB; BASHAN HAVOTH JAIR.) </p> <p> '''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]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:21-22-23; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 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]] (&nbsp;Numbers 32:41), afterward increased to 30 (&nbsp;Judges 10:4). </p> <p> '''2.''' The [[Gileadite]] judge. His 30 sons rode 30 asses, and had 30 cities, the number to which the original Havoth Jair had grown. </p> <p> '''3.''' A Benjamite, son of Kish, father of [[Mordecai]] (&nbsp;Esther 2:5). </p> <p> '''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 (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 20:5). </p>

<p> '''Jair''' (jâ'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." &nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:21-23; &nbsp;Numbers 32:41; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 3:14 : comp. &nbsp;Joshua 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." &nbsp;Judges 10:3 to &nbsp;Judges 5:3. A Benjamite, father of Mordecai. &nbsp;Esther 2:6. 4 In &nbsp;1 Chronicles 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 &nbsp;2 Samuel 21:19. </p>

<p> '''Ja'ir.''' (enlightener). </p> <p> 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, &nbsp;Deuteronomy 3:14, and in addition, possessed himself of some nomad villages in Gilead, which he called after his own name, Havoth-Jair. &nbsp;Numbers 32:41; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:23. </p> <p> 2. Jair, the Gileadite, who judged Israel for two-and-twenty years. &nbsp;Judges 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. </p> <p> 3. A Benjamite, son of Kish, and father of Mordecai. &nbsp;Esther 2:5. (B.C. Before 598). </p> <p> 4. The father of Elhanan, one of the heroes of David's army. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 20:6. </p>

<li> The father of Elhanan, who slew Lahmi, the brother of [[Goliath]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 20:5 ). <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated [[Bible]] Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Jair'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/j/jair.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> 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. </p> <p> 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, &nbsp;Judges 10:3 - &nbsp;5 . </p>

<p> ''''' jā´ẽr ''''' : </p> <p> (1) Jair ( יאיר , <i> ''''' yā'ı̄r ''''' </i> , "he enlightens" or "one giving light"): </p> <p> ( <i> a) </i> Son, i.e. descendant of Manasseh (&nbsp; Numbers 32:41; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 3:14; &nbsp;Joshua 13:30; &nbsp;1 Kings 4:13 :1 &nbsp; 1 Kings 2:22 f). According to &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 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 <i> ICC </i> on above passages). Some would identify him with the Jair of &nbsp; Judges 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 <i> HGHL </i> , 577, note </p> <p> ( <i> b </i> ) 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 (&nbsp; Judges 10:3 , &nbsp;Judges 10:4 ). One tradition identifies ( <i> a </i> ) and ( <i> b </i> ). Others reconcile the two narratives by interpreting the word "son" in a non-literal sense. </p> <p> ( <i> 100 </i> ) The father of Mordecai (&nbsp; Esther 2:5 ). In the [[Apocrypha]] (Additions to Esther 11:2) his name is given as "Jairus" (Ἰάειρος , <i> '''''Iáeiros''''' </i> ). </p> <p> (2) Jair (''''' Ḳerē ''''' : יעיר , <i> ''''' yā‛ı̄r ''''' </i> , "he arouses"; ''''' Kethı̄bh ''''' : יעוּר , <i> ''''' yā‛ūr ''''' </i> ; a different name from (1) above): The father of Elhanan, the giant-slayer (&nbsp; 1 Chronicles 20:5 ). In the parallel passage (&nbsp;2 Samuel 21:19 ) his name is given as "Jaare-oregim," but the text should be corrected to Jair, "oregim" ( <i> ''''''ōreghı̄m''''' </i> ) having crept in from the line below through a copyist's error. </p>