חַוּוֹת יָעִיר
chau.vot ya.irHavvoth-jair
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place8 occurrences4 books4 verses
This is the name of the place Havvoth-jair: Villages in Gilead captured by Jair.
Definition
from the plural of H2333 and a modification of H3265; hamlets of Jair, a region of Palestine
Traditional renderings: (Bashan-) Havoth-jair.
Traditional renderings: (Bashan-) Havoth-jair.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
8 total
- Numbers 32:41 (2×)חַוֺּ֥ת · them; יָאִֽיר׃ · Havvoth-jairJair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
- Deuteronomy 3:14 (2×)חַוֺּ֣ת; יָאִ֔יר · Havvoth-jairJair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.
- Judges 10:4 (2×)חַוֺּ֣ת; יָאִ֗יר · Havvoth-jairHe had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
- 1 Chronicles 2:23 (2×)חַוֺּ֨ת; יָאִ֧יר · Havvoth-jairBut Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.