Ἰάϊρος

Ἰάϊρος, ου, ὁ, Ἰάειρος W-H. (=יָאִיר ‘he enlightens’ or rarely [1 Ch 20:5]=יָעִיר ‘he arouses’) Jairus (Ἰαί̈ρ Num 32:41; Dt 3:14; 1 Ch 2:22f al. Ἰάϊρος 1 Esdr 5:31; Esth 1:1a; Jos., Bell. 2, 447; s. PThomsen, Inschr. d. Stadt Jerusalem [=ZDPV 43, 1920, 138ff] no. 190; O. Wilck II, 1231) a synagogue official Mk 5:22; Lk 8:41 (on his title, s. SEG XLIII, 1297 [lit.]).—M-M.