# H5896 עִירָא

עִירָא (ʻÎyrâʼ), Strong’s H5896: Ira, the name of three Israelites KJV: Ira.. Occurs 6 times.

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*ʻÎyrâʼ* — Ira, the name of three Israelites

KJV: Ira.

Derived from [עוּר ʻûwr](https://besorah.bible/word/H5782) (to wake)

Occurs 6 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עִירָא n.pr.m.
- 1 of David
- 2 heroes of David

## Where it occurs
- [2 Samuel 20:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/20?v=26) — and Ira the Jairite was chief minister to David.
- [2 Samuel 23:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/23?v=26) — Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
- [2 Samuel 23:38](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/23?v=38) — Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
- [1 Chronicles 11:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/11?v=28) — Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,
- [1 Chronicles 11:40](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/11?v=40) — Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
- [1 Chronicles 27:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/27?v=9) — The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. In his division were twenty-four thousand.