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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
ERAN.Grandson of Ephraim (Num_26:36 P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ). Patronymic, Eranites, ib.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Eranites. Num_26:36.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
E'ran. (watchful). The eldest son of Ephraim. Num_26:36.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ē?ran (ערן, ‛ērān, ?watcher,? ?watchful?; Εδεν, Eden): The son of Ephraim's oldest son Shuthelah (Num_26:36). Eranites, the descendants of Eran (same place) .
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Eran
(Hebrews Eran', עֵרָן, watchful; Sept. Ε᾿δέν, appar. reading עדן, with the Samar. and Syr.; Vulg. Heran), son of Shuthelah (eldest son of Ephraim), and progenitor of the family of the Eranites (Num_26:36). B.C. post 1856. The name does not occur in the genealogies of Ephraim in 1Ch_7:20-29, though a name, ELADAH (1Ch_7:20) or ELEAD (1Ch_7:21), is found which may be a corruption of it.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.