HebrewH6179Proper Noun (Masculine)
עֵרִי
e.ri
“Eri”
2Occurrences
H6179Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Eri, an Israelite
from H5782 (עוּר); watchful;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Gad (H1410); brother of: Ziphion (H6837), Haggi (H2291), Shuni (H7764), Ezbon (H0675), Arod (H0720) and Areli (H0692) Also named: e.ri (*עֵרִי *"Erite" H6180) § Eri = "watchful" son of Gad and progenitor of the family of Erites
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
עֵרִי appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Genesis
1
Numbers
1
Key Passages
Genesis 46:16BSB
The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
Numbers 26:16BSB
the Oznite clan from Ozni,the Erite clan from Eri,
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.