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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
ER.1. The eldest son of Judah by his Canaanitish wife, the daughter of Shua. For wickedness, the nature of which is not described, J″ [Note: Jahweh.] slew him (Gen_38:3-7, Num_26:19). 2. A son of Shelah the son of Judah (1Ch_4:21). 3. An ancestor of Jesus (Luk_3:28).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Er. (watchful).
1. First-born of Judah. Er "was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him." Gen_38:3-7; Num_26:19.
2. Descendant of Shelah, the son of Judah. 1Ch_4:21.
3. Son of Jose and father of Elmodam. Luk_3:28.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
âr (ער, ‛ēr, ?watcher?; Ἤρ, Ēr):
(1) The eldest son of Judah, the son of Jacob, by Shua the Canaanite. Judah took for him a wife named Tamar. It is recorded that Er ?was wicked in the sight of Yahweh; and Yahweh slew him? (Gen_38:3, Gen_38:6, Gen_38:7; Gen_46:12).
(2) ?Er the father of Lecah? is mentioned among ?the sons of Shelah the son of Judah? (1Ch_4:21).
(3) An ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy in the 7th generation before Zerubbabel (Luk_3:28).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Er
(Hebrews id. עֵר, watchful; Sept. and N.T. "Hp, Vulg. Her.), the name of three men. SEE ERI.
1. The oldest son of the patriarch Judah by BathShuah (daughter of Shuah), a Canaanitess. His wife was Tamar, but he had no issue, and his widow eventually became the mother of Pharez and Zarah by Judah. Er "was wicked [רע, a paronomasia of ער] in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him" (Gen_38:3-7; Num_26:19). B.C. cir. 1896. It does not appear what the nature of his sin was; but, from his Canaanitish birth on the mother's side, it was probably connected with the abominable idolatries of Canaan.
2. A "son" of Shelah (Judah's son), and "father" of Lecah (1Ch_4:21). B.C. prob. ante 1618.
3. Son of Jose and father of Elmodan, in Christ's genealogy, of David's private line prior to Salathiel (Luk_3:28). B.C. cir. 725.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.