Word Study · Strong's H2437 · Hebrew
חִירָה
Chirah
khee-raw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Chîyrâh
“Chirah, an Adullamite”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Chirah, an Adullamite
Rendered in the KJV as
Hirah.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- וְחִירָ֛ה1
- חִירָֽה׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- [was] Hirah1
- and Hirah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- proper noun (a name)1
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- HC/Npm · 1
- HNpm · 1
All 2, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 38:1חִירָֽה׃chirahproper noun (a name)About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.here: [was] Hirah
- Genesis 38:12וְחִירָ֛הvechirahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.here: and Hirah