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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Ira

The Bible

Bible Usage:

  • Ira used 6 times.

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: Yes
  • Included in Hitchcocks: Yes
  • Included in Naves: Yes
  • Included in Smiths: Yes
  • Included in Websters: No
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Ira

Citizen; wakeful.

1. A Tekoite, one of David's thirty warriors (2 Samuel 23:26).

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

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


Hitchcock's Names Dictionary
Ira

watchman; making bare; pouring out


Naves Topical Index
Ira

1. A priest
2 Samuel 20:26

2. The Ithrite, one of David's heroes
2 Samuel 23:38; 1 Chronicles 11:40

3. A Tekoite, one of David's heroes
2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:28; 1 Chronicles 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.)