How to Pronounce Havoth-Jair

What does Havoth-Jair mean?

Havoth-Jair means “the villages that enlighten”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

What is Havoth-Jair?

Hamlets of the enlightener a district in the east of Jordan. (1.) Jair, the son of Manasseh, took some villages of Gilead and called them by this name (Num. 32:41). (2.) Again, it is said that Jair “took all the tract of Argob,” and called it Bashanhavoth-jair (Deut. 3:14). (See also Josh. 13:30; 1 Kings 4:13; 1 Chr. 2:22, 23.)

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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