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Jared in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ja'-red (yeredh, "descent"; pausal form, yaredh, in Gen 5:15; 1 Ch 1:2, hence, English Versions of the Bible "Jared" for "Jered"; Iared): In Gen 5:15-20; 1 Ch 1:2; Lk 3:37, son of Mahalaleel and father of Enoch. The King James Version has "Jered" in 1 Ch 1:2. The name is supposed by Budde to denote a degeneration of the human race, the first f...

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Jalon in Easton's Bible Dictionary

lodger, the last of the four sons of Ezra, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 4:17)....

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James in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

jamz (Iacobos): English form of Jacob, and the name of 3 New Testament men of note: (1) The Son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve Apostles (ho tou Zebedaiou): A) The Son of Zebedee: I. In the New Testament. 1. Family Relations, etc.: To the Synoptists alone are we indebted for any account of this James. He was the son of Zebedee and the brother of ...

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Janna in Hitchcock's Bible Names

Jannes...

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Japheth in Easton's Bible Dictionary

wide spreading: "God shall enlarge Japheth" (Heb. Yaphat Elohim le-Yephet, Gen. 9:27. Some, however, derive the name from _yaphah_, "to be beautiful;" hence white), one of the sons of Noah, mentioned last in order (Gen. 5:32; 6:10; 7:13), perhaps first by birth (10:21; comp. 9:24). He and his wife were two of the eight saved in the ark (1...

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Jared in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Also called JERED A descendant of Seth Ge 5:15,16,18,19,20; 1Ch 1:2 -2. An ancestor of Jesus Lu 3:37...

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Jalon in Hitchcock's Bible Names

tarrying; murmuring...

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Japhet in Hitchcock's Bible Names

enlarged; fair; persuading...

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James in Naves Topical Bible

-1. An apostle. Son of Zebedee and Salome Mt 4:21; 27:56; Mr 15:40; 16:1 Brother of John and a fisherman Lu 5:10 Called to be an apostle Mt 4:21,22; 10:2; Mr 1:19,20; Lu 6:14; Ac 1:13 Surnamed Boanerges by Jesus Mr 3:17 -(An intimate companion of Jesus, and present with him) At the great catch of fish Lu 5:10 At the healing of Peter's mo...

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Jannes and Jambres in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

jan'-ez, jam'-brez (Iannes kai Iambres, 2 Tim 3:8): 1. Egyptian Magicians: These are the names of two magicians in ancient Egypt, who withstood Moses before Pharaoh. This is the only place where the names occur in the New Testament, and they are not mentioned in the Old Testament at all. In Ex 7:11,22 Egyptian magicians are spoken of, who were ...

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