Etymograph

English

Jared

Jared comes from Ancient Greek Ἰαρέδ, and goes back to Biblical Hebrew יֶרֶד.

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEיֶרֶדyéred
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἸαρέδIaréd
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIared
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1611Jared

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEיֶרֶדyéred
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἸαρέδIaréd
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIared
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1611Jared

Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred…”

The story

Often explained as deriving from the root י־ר־ד (y-r-d), which forms words relating to descending (see Jordan and ירדן for more); 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.disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.

Every English word from Biblical Hebrew יֶרֶד

Today it means

name A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Biblical Hebrew יֶרֶד / Jared

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