Word Study · Strong's H2334 · Hebrew
חַוּוֹת יָעִיר
Chavvoth Yair
khav-vothe' yaw-eer'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Chavvôwth Yâʻîyr
“hamlets of Jair, a region of Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
hamlets of Jair, a region of Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
(Bashan-) Havoth-jair.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- חַוֹּ֣ת2
- חַוֹּ֥ת1
- חַוֹּ֨ת1
- יָאִ֔יר1
- יָאִ֗יר1
- יָאִ֧יר1
- יָאִֽיר׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- Jair4
- Havvoth3
- [the] villages of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)4
- proper noun (a name)4
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfpc · 4
- HNpl · 4
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Where this word lives
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Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 32:41חַוֹּ֥תchavotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.here: Havvoth
- Numbers 32:41יָאִֽיר׃yairproper noun (a name)Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.here: Jair
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 3:14חַוֹּ֣תchavotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)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.here: [the] villages of
- Deuteronomy 3:14יָאִ֔ירyairproper noun (a name)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.here: Jair
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 10:4חַוֹּ֣תchavotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)He 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.here: Havvoth
- Judges 10:4יָאִ֗ירyairproper noun (a name)He 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.here: Jair
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:23חַוֹּ֨תchavotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.here: Havvoth
- 1 Chronicles 2:23יָאִ֧ירyairproper noun (a name)But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.here: Jair