Jared
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Classical Hebrew יֶרֶד (yéred). Often explained as deriving from the root י־ר־ד (y-r-d), which forms words relating to descending; some interpret the Book of Enoch as suggesting that the Jared in the Bible was so named because it was in his time that two hundred angels descended from Heaven to Mount Hermon. Alternatively, sometimes explained as deriving from the root ר־ד־ה (r-d-), which forms words relating to ruling.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /ˈdʒæɹəd/
Proper noun[edit]
Jared
- A male given name of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.
- (biblical) A man mentioned in the Book of Genesis, a descendant of Adam and of Seth, the father of Enoch, an ancestor of Noah.
- 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:
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Genesis 5:19:
- (Mormonism) The ancestor of the Jaredites in the Book of Mormon.
