Jared
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Hebrew (Yared), descent
The meaning of the name is "he who descended" (Hebrew root YRD). In the Book of Enoch it is explained that Mahalaleel named Jared because during his lifetime the angels of the Lord descended to earth. The name could also be understood as "he who shall rule" (future tense of the Hebrew root RDH, as found for example in Psalms 72:8).
[edit] Proper noun
Jared
- A male given name of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.
- (biblical) A descendant of Adam in the Old Testament .
- (Mormonism) The ancestor of the Jaredites in the Book of Mormon.
[edit] Quotations
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Genesis 5:19:
- And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
