2437. Chirah
Strong's Lexicon
Chirah: Chirah

Original Word: חִירָה
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Chirah
Pronunciation: khee-RAH
Phonetic Spelling: (khee-raw')
Definition: Chirah
Meaning: Chirah

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from chavar
Definition
a friend of Judah
NASB Translation
Hirah (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
הִירָה proper name, masculine (√ חור but meaning dubious) an Adullamite, friend of Judah Genesis 38:1,12 (both J), ᵐ5 Ειρας.

חוּרָם see חִירָם below אַח, אחה above.

II. חור (√ of following; compare Arabic bend, turn, incline, of man be weak, Lane820c, hollow, depressed ground between hills).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Hirah

From chavar in the sense of splendor; Chirah, an Adullamite -- Hirah.

see HEBREW chavar

Forms and Transliterations
וְחִירָ֛ה וחירה חִירָֽה׃ חירה׃ chiRah ḥî·rāh ḥîrāh vechiRah wə·ḥî·rāh wəḥîrāh
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Englishman's Concordance
Genesis 38:1
HEB: עֲדֻלָּמִ֖י וּשְׁמ֥וֹ חִירָֽה׃
NAS: Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
KJV: Adullamite, whose name [was] Hirah.
INT: Adullamite name was Hirah

Genesis 38:12
HEB: צֹאנוֹ֙ ה֗וּא וְחִירָ֛ה רֵעֵ֥הוּ הָעֲדֻלָּמִ֖י
NAS: he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
KJV: he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
INT: cattle he Hirah and his friend the Adullamite

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2437
2 Occurrences


ḥî·rāh — 1 Occ.
wə·ḥî·rāh — 1 Occ.

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