Jair
Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, captured the region of Gilead.
The name Jair means “Jairus, my light; who diffuses light”
MaleTribe of JudahEgypt and Wilderness eraOld Testament5 books5 verses
Summary
A man from the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Numbers 32:41; referred to as Jair (יָאִיר) or Jairite (יָאִרִי); a son of Segub.
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- Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
- Jair, 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.
- …and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.
- Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
- Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.