Eran
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
Eranites. Numbers 26:36.
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
Numbers 26:36
Hitchcock's Bible Names [3]
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [4]
ERAN . Grandson of Ephraim ( Numbers 26:36 P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ). Patronymic, Eranites , ib .
Smith's Bible Dictionary [5]
E'ran. (watchful). The eldest son of Ephraim. Numbers 26:36.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
ē´ran ( ערן , ‛ērān , "watcher," "watchful"; Εδεν , Eden ): The son of Ephraim's oldest son Shuthelah (Numbers 26:36 ). Eranites , the descendants of Eran (same place) .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]
(Hebrews Eran', עֵרָן , watchful; Sept. Ε᾿δέν, appar. reading עדן, with the Samar. and Syr.; Vulg. Heran), son of Shuthelah (eldest son of Ephraim), and progenitor of the family of the Eranites (Numbers 26:36). B.C. post 1856. The name does not occur in the genealogies of Ephraim in 1 Chronicles 7:20-29, though a name, ELADAH (1 Chronicles 7:20) or ELEAD (1 Chronicles 7:21), is found which may be a corruption of it.
References
- ↑ Eran from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Eran from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Eran from Hitchcock's Bible Names
- ↑ Eran from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Eran from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Eran from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- ↑ Eran from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
