Jared

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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):

(1) 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. He was the fourth antediluvian patriarch in descent from Seth (Genesis 5:15-20; Luke 3:37), the father of Enoch; called 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, ‛īrādh), Genesis 4:18. See Skinner, Gen, 117, 129, 131.

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