Jared

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A son of Ezra probably ( 1 Chronicles 4:18 ).

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Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Jared'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/j/jared.html. 1897.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ja'red. (Descent). One of the antediluvian patriarchs, and father of Enoch,  Genesis 5:15-16;  Genesis 5:18-20;  Luke 3:37. In the lists of Chronicles, the name is given, in the Authorized Version, as Jered . See Jered .

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Jared . The father of Enoch (  Genesis 5:15-16;   Genesis 5:18-20 ,   1 Chronicles 1:2 ,   Luke 3:37 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Son of Mahalaleel, a descendant of Seth.  Genesis 5:15-20;  Luke 3:37 . Called JERED in  1 Chronicles 1:2 .

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("descent".)  Genesis 5:15-16;  Genesis 5:18-20;  Luke 3:37. (See JERED).

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 5:15-20 2 1 Chronicles 4:18

Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament

JARED. —Father of Enoch, named in our Lord’s genealogy ( Luke 3:37).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

jā´red ( ירד , yeredh , "descent"; pausal form, ירד , yāredh , in   Genesis 5:15;  1 Chronicles 1:2 , hence, English Versions of the Bible "Jared" for "Jered"; Ἰαρέδ , Iaréd ): In  Genesis 5:15-20;  1 Chronicles 1:2;  Luke 3:37 , son of Mahalaleel and father of Enoch. The King James Version has "Jered" in  1 Chronicles 1:2 .

The name is supposed by Budde to denote a degeneration of the human race, the first five generations being righteous, their successors not, except Enoch and Noah. The name has been identified with that of Irad ( עירד , ‛ı̄rādh ),   Genesis 4:18 . See Skinner, Gen, 117, 129, 131.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Ye'red, יֶרֶד , in pause Ya'Red. י רֶד , Descender; Sept. Ι᾿Άρεδ , N.T. Ι᾿Αρέδ , Josephus Ι᾿Αρέδης ), the name of two men.

1. The fourth antediluvian patriarch in descent from Seth, son of Mahalaleel and father of Enoch; born B.C. 3712, died B.C. 2750, aged 962 years; 162 years old at the birth of his heir (Genesis 5, 15-20; 1 Chronicles 1, 2, "Jered;"  Luke 3:37).

2. A son apparently of Ezra, of the tribe of Judah, by his wife Jehudijah, although in the latter part of the same verse' a different parentage is spoken of; he is named as the "father" (i.e. founder) of Gedor ( 1 Chronicles 4:18, where the name is Anglicized "Jered"). B.C. cir. 1612. The Rabbins, however, give an allegorical interpretation to the passage, and treat this and other names therein as titles of Moses-Jered because he caused the manna to descend.