STRONGS NUMBER G2383


Word Summary
Iaeiros: Jairus, the ruler of a synagogue in Palestine
Original Word: Ἰάειρος
Transliteration: Iaeiros
Phonetic Spelling: (ee-ah'-i-ros)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: Jairus, the ruler of a synagogue in Palestine
Meaning: Jairus -- the ruler of a synagogue in Palestine
Strong's Concordance
Jairus.

Of Hebrew origin (Ya'iyr); Jairus (i.e. Jair), an Israelite -- Jairus.

see HEBREW Ya'iyr

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2383: Ἰάειρος

Ἰάειρος, Ἰαειρου (cf. Buttmann, 18 (16)), (יָאִיר (i. e. whom Jehovah enlightens), Numbers 32:41), Jairus (pronoun, Ja-i'-rus), a ruler of the synagogue, whose daughter Jesus restored to life: Mark 5:22; Luke 8:41. (Cf. B. D. American edition, under the word.)