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Jaare-oregim

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(weaver’s forests). Father of Elhanan, slayer of Goliath’s brother (2 Sam. 21:19¹⁹And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. (2 Samuel 21:19)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Father of Elhanan who killed one of the giants (2 Sam. 21:19¹⁹And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. (2 Samuel 21:19)). Called JAIR in 1 Chronicles 20:5⁵And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam. (1 Chronicles 20:5).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

3296 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Ya`arey

Phonic:

’Orgiym

Meaning:

from the plural of 3293 and the masculine plural active participle of 707; woods of weavers; Jaare-Oregim, an Israelite

KJV Usage:

Jaare-oregim

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

forests of the weavers

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

The curtains of the webs; forests of the weavers:―father of Elhanan, 2 Sam. 21:19. {Aulaea textorum}