Hebrew word · H6179

עֵרִי

'eri

Eri

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.16;

son of: Gad (H1410);

brother of: Ziphion (H6837), Haggi (H2291), Shuni (H7764), Ezbon (H0675), Arod (H0720) and Areli (H0692)

Also named: e.ri (עֵרִי "Erite" H6180)

§ Eri = "watchful"

son of Gad and progenitor of the family of Erites

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 · 1

  1. Genesis 46:16 עֵרִ֥י Eri

    The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.

Numbers · 1

  1. Numbers 26:16 לְעֵרִ֕י of Eri

    the Oznite clan from Ozni, the Erite clan from Eri,

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