Word Study · Strong's H5896 · Hebrew
עִירָא
ira
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Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻÎyrâʼ
“Ira, the name of three Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Ira, the name of three Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Ira.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- עִירָא֙3
- עִירָ֥א2
- עִירָ֤א1
How it is rendered · 1
- Ira6
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)6
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- HNpm · 6
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Where this word lives
2 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Samuel3 occurrences
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 11:28עִירָ֤אʾira'proper noun (a name)Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,here: Ira
- 1 Chronicles 11:40עִירָא֙ʾira'proper noun (a name)Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,here: Ira
- 1 Chronicles 27:9עִירָ֥אʾira'proper noun (a name)The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. There were 24,000 men in his division.here: Ira