GREEK · G2383
Ἰάειρος
Iaeiros — Jairus
Ἰάειρος, -ου, ὁ (Heb. יָאִיר, Num.32:41), Jairus: Mrk.5:22, Luk.8:41.† (AS)
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Jairus
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
A ruler of the synagogue at Capernaum, whose only daughter Jesus restored to life (Mark 5:22; Luke 8:41). Entering into the chamber of death, accompanied by Peter and James and John and the father and mother of the maiden, he went forward to the bed whereon the corpse lay, and said, Talitha cumi, i.e., “Maid, arise,” and immediately the spirit of the maiden came to her again, and she arose straightway; and “at once to strengthen that life which had come back to her, and to prove that she was indeed no ghost, but had returned to the realities of a mortal existence, he commanded to give her something to eat” (Mark 5:43).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.