IAIRO (Hebr. Já'iro). - I. An Israelite of the tribe of Judah on his father’s side, and of the tribe of Manasseh on his mother’s side, whose twelve-year-old daughter Jesus raised to life (Mt. 9, 18 ff.; 23-26; Mk. 5, 22 ff.; 35-46; Lk. 8, 40 ff.; 49-56).
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