Hebrew word · H3382

יֶ֫רֶד

yared

Jared

Appears 7 times in 7 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.15;

son of: Mahalalel (H4111);

father of: Enoch (H2585H)

Also named: Iared (Ἰάρεδ "Jared" G2391)

§ Jered or Jared = "descent"

1) son of Mahalaleel and father of Enoch in the 4th generation from Seth

2) a descendant of Judah and father of Gedor

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 5

  1. Genesis 5:15 יָֽרֶד׃ Jared

    When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.

  2. Genesis 5:16 יֶ֔רֶד Jared

    And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

  3. Genesis 5:18 יֶ֕רֶד Jared

    When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.

  4. Genesis 5:19 יֶ֗רֶד Jared

    And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

  5. Genesis 5:20 יֶ֔רֶד Jared

    So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:2 יָֽרֶד׃ Jared

    Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,

  2. 1 Chronicles 4:18 יֶ֨רֶד Jared

    These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

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