Jared

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Jared
     descent. (1.) The fourth antediluvian patriarch in descent from
     Seth (Gen. 5:15-20; Luke 3:37), the father of Enoch; called
     Jered in 1 Chr. 1:2.
     
       (2.) A son of Ezra probably (1 Chr. 4:18).


     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Jared, a ruling; commanding; coming down