Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Ir means “city” or “wild ass.”
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Where it comes from
Ir is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb 'arar (ערר), “to strip and accumulate.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Ir appears in 1 Chronicles 7:7.
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Ir’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Irashares a root
- Erishares a root
- Eranshares a root
- Iradshares a root
- Arshares a root
- Ershares a root
- Shinarshares a root
- Maarathshares a root
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