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Jared

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3382

יֶ֫רֶד

ye.red — Jared

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

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GREEK · G2391

Ἰάρεδ

Iared — Jared

Ἰάρετ (Rec. -ρέδ, L, Ἰάρεθ), ὁ (Heb. יֶרֶד, LXX Ἰάρεδ, FlJ, Ἰάρεδος), Jared (Gen.5:15): Luk.3:37.† (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2585

חֲנוֹךְ

cha.nokh — Enoch

A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.17; son of: Cain (H7014B); father of: Irad (H5897) § Enoch = "dedicated" 1) eldest son of Cain 2) son of Jared and father of Methuselah whom God took home to heaven without dying 3) the city which Cain built and named after his son Enoch (after himself) Hanoch = "dedicated" 4) a son of Midian, the third child 5) the eldest son of Reuben

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4111

מַהֲלַלְאֵל

ma.ha.lal.el — Mahalalel

A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.12; son of: Kenan (H7018); father of: Jared (H3382); also called Mahalaleel (NIV: Mahalel) at Luk.3.37; Also named: Maleleēl (Μαλελεήλ "Mahalaleel" G3121) § Mahalaleel = "praise of God" 1) son of Cainan and the 4th in descent from Adam in the line of Seth 2) a descendant of Perez, the son of Judah

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Historical dictionary entry

Descent. (1.) The fourth antediluvian patriarch in descent from Seth (Gen. 5:15-20; Luke 3:37), the father of Enoch; called Jered in 1 Chr. 1:2. (2.) A son of Ezra probably (1 Chr. 4:18).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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