Jared

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Proper noun 1.2.1 Quotations 1.2.2 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

Hebrew (Yared), descent

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Singular Jared

Plural -

Jared

1. A male given name of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.
2. (Biblical) A descendant of Adam in the Old Testament .
3. (Mormonism) The ancestor of the Jaredites in the Book of Mormon.

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• 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:

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