Jorai

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Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]

Among those "reckoned by genealogies" in the days of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam II of Israel (1 Chronicles 5:13; 1 Chronicles 5:17).

Holman Bible Dictionary [2]

1 Chronicles 5:13

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [3]

JORAI. A Gadite chief ( 1 Chronicles 5:13 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]

Head of a family of Gad. 1 Chronicles 5:13 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary [5]

Jor'a-i. (whom Jehovah teaches). One of the Gadites, dwelling at Gilead in Bashan, in the reign of Jothan, king of Judah. 1 Chronicles 5:13.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]

jō´rā́ - ı ̄ ( יורי , yōray , "whom Yahweh teaches"): A G adite chief, but possibly the name of a clan (1 Chronicles 5:13 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]

(Heb. Yoray', יוֹרִי, perh. i.q. Jorah; Sept. Ι᾿ωρεέ, Vulg. Jorai), the fourth name of the seven chieftains of the Gadites other than those resident in Bashan (1 Chronicles 5:13). B.C. perh. cir. 782. "Four of Kennicott's MSS., and the printed copy used by Luther, read יודי, i.e. Jodai" (Smith).

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