Er עֵר

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Er
עֵר
Transliterationer
Strong's numberH6147 (H6147G, H6147H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossEr
Occurrences10 in 7 verses
Most frequent inGenesis (4)

Er (Hebrew עֵר, Strong's H6147) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Er”. It occurs 10 times.

Definition

H6147G: Er

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.38.3;
son of: Judah (H3063) and Bath-shua (H1323I);
brother of: Onan (H0209) and Shelah (H7956);
half-brother of: Perez (H6557) and Zerah (H2226I); married to Tamar (H8559)
§ Er = "awake"
1) the eldest son of Judah
2) son of Shelah and grandson of Judah

H6147H: Er

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.21;
son of: Shelah (H7956);
brother of: Laadah (H3935), Jokim (H3137), Joash (H3101K) and Saraph (H8315);
father of: Lecah (H3922)
§ Er = "awake"
1) the eldest son of Judah
2) son of Shelah and grandson of Judah

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVer (10)
BSBer (8), they (1)

Verses

Every verse with Er, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Numbers

1 Chronicles

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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