Concept

Ira

Name meaning: watchman; making bare; pouring out (Hitchcock)

Citizen; wakeful. (1.) A Tekoite, one of David’s thirty warriors (2 Sam. 23:26).

(2.) An Ithrite, also one of David’s heroes (2 Sam. 23:38).

(3.) A Jairite and priest, a royal chaplain (2 Sam. 20:26) or confidential adviser (comp. 2 Sam. 8:18; 1 Chr. 18:17).

Hebrew & Greek words with this meaning

Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(watchful of a city).

“The Jairite,” named in the catalogue of David’s great officers. (2 Samuel 20:26)

One of the heroes of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:38; 1 Chronicles 11:40)

Another of David’s guard, a Tekoite, son of Ikkesh- (2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:28) (B.C. 1046-1014.)

Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain

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