jared

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒæɹəd/
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/ˈd͡ʒæɹəd/ · /ˈd͡ʒɪɚɪd/

Definition of jared

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.
    “Some experts, such as geographer Jared Diamond in his 2005 book, “Collapse,” used Easter Island as a cautionary tale of how the exploitation of limited resources can result in catastrophic population decline, ecological devastation and the destruction of a society through infighting.”
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name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.
    “Some experts, such as geographer Jared Diamond in his 2005 book, “Collapse,” used Easter Island as a cautionary tale of how the exploitation of limited resources can result in catastrophic population decline, ecological devastation and the destruction of a society through infighting.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)A man mentioned in the Book of Genesis, a descendant of Adam and of Seth, the father of Enoch, an ancestor of Noah.
    “And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:”
  3. (Mormonism, countable, uncountable)The ancestor of the Jaredites in the Book of Mormon.

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Etymology

From Latin Iared, from Ancient Greek Ἰαρέδ (Iaréd), from Biblical Hebrew יֶרֶד (yéred). Often explained as deriving from the root י־ר־ד (y-r-d), which forms words relating to descending (see Jordan…

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From Latin Iared, from Ancient Greek Ἰαρέδ (Iaréd), from Biblical Hebrew יֶרֶד (yéred). 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.

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