Jair

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Jair
     enlightener. (1.) The son of Segub. He was brought up with his
     mother in Gilead, where he had possessions (1 Chr. 2:22). He
     distinguished himself in an expedition against Bashan, and
     settled in the part of Argob on the borders of Gilead. The small
     towns taken by him there are called Havoth-jair, i.e., "Jair's


     villages" (Num. 32:41; Deut. 3:14; Josh. 13:30).
     
       (2.) The eighth judge of Israel, which he ruled for twenty-two
     years. His opulence is described in Judg. 10:3-5. He had thirty
     sons, each riding on "ass colts." They had possession of thirty
     of the sixty cities (1 Kings 4:13; 1 Chr. 2:23) which formed the
     ancient Havoth-jair.
     
       (3.) A Benjamite, the father of Mordecai, Esther's uncle
     (Esther 2:5).
     
       (4.) The father of Elhanan, who slew Lahmi, the brother of
     Goliath (1 Chr. 20:5).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Jair, Jairus, my light; who diffuses light