Jaazer; Jazer

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

“Jaazer, Jazer” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

City and district in Gilead: it was taken from the Amorites by Israel, allotted to Gad, and given to the Levites (Num. 21:3232And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. (Numbers 21:32); Num. 32:1,3,351Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; (Numbers 32:1)
3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, (Numbers 32:3)
35And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, (Numbers 32:35)
; Josh. 13:2525And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah; (Joshua 13:25); Josh. 21:3939Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all. (Joshua 21:39); 1 Chron. 6:8181And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs. (1 Chronicles 6:81); Isa. 16:8-98For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. 9Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. (Isaiah 16:8‑9)). In Jeremiah 48:33A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction. (Jeremiah 48:3)2 The “sea of Jazer” is supposed to refer to a lake in the neighborhood. Identified by some with Beit Zerah, 31° 50' N, 35° 51' E.

“Jazer” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

See JAAZER.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Transliteration:
Ya`azeyr
Phonic:
yah-az-ayr’
Meaning:
or Yazer {yah-zare'}; from 5826; helpful; Jaazer or Jazer, a place East of the Jordan
KJV Usage:
Jaazer, Jazer

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

He brings help; helpful:―a place E. of Jordan [JAAZER], Num. 32:1. {Opem fert}