Iri

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 7:7; 1 Chronicles 7:12. IRI or IRIJAH. Son of Shelemiah, "captain of the ward"; met Jeremiah at the Jerusalem "gate of Benjamin," accused him of deserting to the Chaldees, and brought him to the princes (Jeremiah 37:13-14). The death of Hananiah Iri's grandfather, for false prophecy, was foretold by Jeremiah; the grandson now takes his revenge (Jeremiah 28:16).

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 7:7

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

IRI . See Ir.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Son of Bela, a son of Benjamin. 1 Chronicles 7:7 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

I'ri. Iri or Ir. (belonging to a city). A Benjamite, son of Bela. 1 Chronicles 7:7; 1 Chronicles 7:12.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ı̄´rı̄ ( עירי , ‛ı̄rı̄ ). See IR; Urias .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. I-i', עַירַי , citizen; Sept. Οὐρί, Vulg. Urai), the last-named of the five sons of Bela, son of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 7:7). B.C. between 1856 and 1658. See IR.

I'RI also appears in the A.Vers. of the Apocrypha (1 Esdras 8:62) as tne name (Οὐρία v.r. Οὐρί , Vulg. Jorus) of the father of the priest Marmoth; evidently the URIAH (See Uriah) (q.v.) of Ezra 8:33.