ā̇-ı̄´rus, aÌ‚r´us (ἸαιÌÏος, IaıÌros): the King James Version, one of the heads of a family of temple servants (1 Esdras 5:31 the Revised Version (British and American) JAIRUS), which returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel; in the Old Testament called Reaiah (; ), and classed among the Nethinim.