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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Transliteration

Chîyrâh

Phonetics

khee-raw'

Origin

from (H2357) in the sense of splendour

Parts of Speech

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Hirah = “a noble family”

1) an Adullamite, the friend of Judah

Frequency Lists

Verse Results

KJV (2)

Genesis 2

NAS (2)

Genesis 2

HCS (2)

Genesis 2

BSB (2)

Genesis 2

ESV (2)

Genesis 2

WEB (2)

Genesis 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

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, Lane^820c, hollow, depressed ground between hills).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חִירָה (“nobility,” “a noble race”), [Hirah], pr.n. m. Genesis 38:1, 12 Genesis 38:12.

[חִירָם & חִירֹם see חוּרָם.]

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List of Word Forms

וְחִירָ֛ה וחירה חִירָֽה׃ חירה׃ chiRah ḥî·rāh ḥîrāh vechiRah wə·ḥî·rāh wəḥîrāh