Lexical Summary Ira: three Israelites Original Word: עִירָאTransliteration: Ira Phonetic Spelling: (ee-raw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: three Israelites Meaning: Ira -- three Israelites Strong's Concordance Ira From uwr; wakefulness; Ira, the name of three Israelites -- Ira. see HEBREW uwr Brown-Driver-Briggs H5896. Ira עִירָא proper name, masculine (see Sabean proper name, masculine עיר Hal159); — 1 כֹּהֵן (q. v. 1) of David 2 Samuel 20:26; on possibly ident. with 2b see Th Klo HPS, opposed to We Dr; Ειρας, ᵐ5L Ιωδαε. 2 heroes of David (Ειρας, etc., ᵐ5L Ιδεα, Οιαδ, etc.): a. 2 Samuel 23:26 = 1 Chronicles 11:28; 27:9. |