עִירָא ʻÎyrâʼ

Meaning

Ira, the name of three Israelites

In the King James Version: Ira.

Derivation: from H5782 (עוּר); wakefulness;

Where it is used

• 2 Samuel 20:26 and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.
• 2 Samuel 23:26 Helez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
• 2 Samuel 23:38 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
• 1 Chronicles 11:28 Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,
• 1 Chronicles 11:40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
• 1 Chronicles 27:9 The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. There were 24,000 men in his division.