Yered — H3382

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jered, the name of an antediluvian, and of an Israelite

1. Jered or Jared = "descent"
2. son of Mahalaleel and father of Enoch in the 4th generation from Seth
3. a descendant of Judah and father of Gedor

Usually translated as

Jared

Origin

from H3381; a descent

• Derived from Yârad (H3381)

Greek equivalents

• Iáred (G2391)

Occurrences

Yered occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (5), 1 Chronicles (2)

• Genesis 5:15 — And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared (יָֽרֶד):
• Genesis 5:16 — And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared (יֶ֔רֶד) eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
• Genesis 5:18 — And Jared (יֶ֕רֶד) lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
• Genesis 5:19 — And Jared (יֶ֗רֶד) lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
• Genesis 5:20 — And all the days of Jared (יֶ֔רֶד) were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
• 1 Chronicles 1:2 — Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered (יָֽרֶד),
• 1 Chronicles 4:18 — And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered (יֶ֨רֶד) the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.