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Jahzeel in Naves Topical Bible

-Also called JAHZIEL -A son of Naphtali Ge 46:24; Nu 26:48; 1Ch 7:13...

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Jair in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ja'-er: (1) Jair (ya'ir, "he enlightens" or "one giving light"): (a) Son, i.e. descendant of Manasseh (Nu 32:41; Dt 3:14; Josh 13:30; 1 Ki 4:13:1 Ch 2:22 f). According to 1 Ch 2:21 f he was the son of ScRub, son of Hezron, a descendant of Judah, who married the daughter of Machir, son of Manasseh. He was thus descended both from Judah and Manas...

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Jairus in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a ruler of the synagogue at Capernaum, whose only daughter Jesus restored to life (Mark 5:22; Luke 8:41). Entering into the chamber of death, accompanied by Peter and James and John and the father and mother of the maiden, he went forward to the bed whereon the corpse lay, and said, Talitha cumi, i.e., "Maid, arise," and immediately the s...

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Jahath in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ja'-hath (yachath, perhaps for yachteh, yachatheh, "he (God) will snatch up"): (1) Son of Reaiah, son of Shobal, a descendant of Judah, and father of Ahumai and Lahad, the families of the Zorathites (1 Ch 4:2). (2) A frequent name for a descendant of Levi: (a) Son of Libni, son of Gershom, the eldest son of Levi (1 Ch 6:20,43 (Hebrew 6:5,28), w...

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Jahaziel in Easton's Bible Dictionary

beheld by God. (1.) The third son of Hebron (1 Chr. 23:19). (2.) A Benjamite chief who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:4). (3.) A priest who accompanied the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 16:6). (4.) The son of Zechariah, a Levite of the family of Asaph (2 Chr. 20:14-17). He encouraged Jehoshaphat against the Moabites and Ammo...

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Jahzeel in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(whom God allots), the first of the four sons of Naphtali, Ge 46:24 founder of the family of the Jahzeelites. Nu 26:48 (B.C. 1306.)...

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Jair in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Son of Manasseh. Founder of twenty-three cities in Gilead Nu 32:41; De 3:14; Jos 13:30; 1Ki 4:13; 1Ch 2:22,23 -2. A judge of Israel Jud 10:3-5 -3. A Benjamite Es 2:5 -4. Father of Elhanan 1Ch 20:5...

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Jahath in Naves Topical Bible

-Name of four Levites 1Ch 4:2; 23:10,11; 24:22; 2Ch 34:12...

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Jahaziel in Hitchcock's Bible Names

seeing God...

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Jakeh in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ja'-ke (yaqeh, perhaps from Arabic root meaning "carefully religious"; yaqe', as if from qi'): The father of Agur, the author of the sayings recorded in Prov 30:1. Nothing is known of either Jakeh or Agur. The immediate connection in the Hebrew text of ha-massa', "the prophecy" or "burden" (the King James Version "even the prophecy," the Revis...

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