עִירָאʻÎyrâʼ
Ira, the name of three Israelites
Pronunciation: ee-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5896
Meanings
1. כֹּהֵן (q. v. 1) of David (2 Samuel 20:26)
2. heroes of David
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- 2 Samuel 20:26 And Ira, a descendant of Jair, was David’s personal priest.
- 2 Samuel 23:26 Helez from Pelon; Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa;
- 2 Samuel 23:38 Ira from Jattir; Gareb from Jattir;
- 1 Chronicles 11:28 Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa; Abiezer from Anathoth;
- 1 Chronicles 11:40 Ira from Jattir; Gareb from Jattir;
- 1 Chronicles 27:9 Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa was commander of the sixth division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the sixth month.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).