עִירָא

i.raIra
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man6 occurrences2 books6 verses
This name belongs to 3 different people in the Bible:
  • Ira: David's priest, a Jairite
  • Ira: One of David's Thirty warriors, from Tekoa
  • Ira: One of David's Thirty warriors, an Ithrite

Definition

from H5782; wakefulness; Ira, the name of three Israelites
Traditional renderings: Ira.

Glossary entries

Ira

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

6 total
  1. 2 Samuel 20:26עִירָא֙ · Ira
    …and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.
  2. 2 Samuel 23:26עִירָ֥א · Ira
    Helez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
  3. 2 Samuel 23:38עִירָא֙ · Ira
    Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
  4. 1 Chronicles 11:28עִירָ֤א · Ira
    Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,
  5. 1 Chronicles 11:40עִירָא֙ · Ira
    Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
  6. 1 Chronicles 27:9עִירָ֥א · was Ira
    The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. There were 24,000 men in his division.