Dictionaries :: Ira

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Ira:

citizen; wakeful. (1.) A Tekoite, one of David's thirty warriors (2Sa 23:26).

(2.) An Ithrite, also one of David's heroes (2Sa 23:38).

(3.) A Jairite and priest, a royal chaplain (2Sa 20:26) or confidential adviser (2Sa 8:18; 1Ch 18:17).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Ira:

watchman; making bare; pouring out

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Ira:

i'-ra (‘ira'; Eiras):

(1) A person referred to in 2Sa 20:26 as "priest" (so the Revised Version (British and American) correctly; the King James Version "a chief ruler," the American Standard Revised Version "chief minister") unto David. The translation of the Revised Version (British and American) is the only possible one; but, according to the text, Ira was "a Jairite," and thus of the tribe of Manasseh (Nu 32:41) and not eligible to the priesthood. On the basis of the Peshitta some would correct "Jairite" of 2Sa 20:26 into "Jattirite," referring to Jattir, a priestly city within the territory of Judah (Jos 21:14). Others point to 2Sa 8:18 margin, "David's sons were priests," as an indication that in David's time some non-Levites were permitted to serve-in some sense-as priests.

(2) An "Ithrite," or (with a different pointing of the text) a "Jattirite," one of David's "thirty" (2Sa 23:38 parallel 1Ch 11:40); possibly identical with (1).

(3) Another of David's "thirty," son of Ikkesh of Tekoa (2Sa 23:26; 1Ch 11:28) and a captain of the temple guard (1Ch 27:9).

Written by F. K. Farr

Nave's Topical Bible

Ira: 1. A Priest

2Sa 20:26

Ira: 2. The Ithrite

One of David's heroes,

2Sa 23:38; 1Ch 11:40.

Ira: 3. A Tekoite

One of David's heroes,

2Sa 23:26; 1Ch 11:28; 27:9.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ira:

(watchful of a city).

(1.) "The Jairite," named in the catalogue of David's great officers (2 Samuel 20:26).

(2.) One of the heroes of David's guard (2 Samuel 23:38; 1 Chronicles 11:40).

(3.) Another of David's guard, a Tekoite, son of Ikkesh‐ (2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:28). (B.C. 1046‐1014)