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Strong H6179עֵרִי

Eri

Transliteration
‛êrîy
Pronunciation
ay-ree'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From H5782; watchful;
{Eri} an Israelite: - Eri.

Meaning of the name

Eri = "watchful"

Detailed definition

A man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.16;
son of: Gad (H1410);
brother of: Ziphion (H6837), Haggi (H2291), Shuni (H7764), Ezbon (H675), Arod (H720) and Areli (H692)
Also named: e.ri (עֵרִי "Erite" H6180)

In the biblical story

Eri

Son of Gad; head of the Erite clan.

Eri was a son of Gad and the head of the Erite clan.

In the Bible

Strong H6179 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • eri2

First verses

  1. Genesis 46:16
    And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
  2. Numbers 26:16
    Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:
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