Hebrew word · H767

אֹ֫רֶן

va'oren

Oren

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.2.25;

son of: Jerahmeel (H3396);

brother of: Ram (H7410H), Bunah (H0946), Ozem (H0684H), Ahijah (H0281J) and Onam (H0208H)

§ Oren = "cedar"

a descendant of Judah

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

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:25 וָאֹ֛רֶן and Oren

    The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

    Here: Means a kind of tree, probably laurel or pine (the same word appears in Isa 44:14). Naming people after plants was common.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.