Encyclopedia entry
Hirah
(a noble race), an Adullamite, the friend of Judah. (Genesis 38:1,12) and see Genesis38:20
In the Bible
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Verses where Hirah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Genesis 38:1
About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
- Genesis 38:12
After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.
- Genesis 38:20
Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.
- Genesis 38:22
So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”
Scripture on Hirah
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Hirah references
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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