Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Jairus

(whom God enlightens).

A ruler of a synagogue, probably in some town near the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. (Matthew 9:18; Mark 5:22; Luke 8:41) (A.D. 28.)

(Esther 11:2) [JAIR, 3]

Smith’s Bible Dictionary, William Smith (1863). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.