עֵרʻÊr

Meanings

Same root

• עוּרʻûwr · H5782to wake (literally or figuratively)
• ἬρḖr · G2262Er, an Israelite

Where it appears

Appears 10 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 38:3 she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, and he named the boy Er.
• Genesis 38:6 In the course of time, Judah arranged for his firstborn son, Er, to marry a young woman named Tamar.
• Genesis 38:7 But Er was a wicked man in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord took his life.
• Genesis 46:12 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (though Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
• Numbers 26:19 Judah had two sons, Er and Onan, who had died in the land of Canaan.
• 1 Chronicles 2:3 Judah had three sons from Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Their names were Er, Onan, and Shelah. But the Lord saw that the oldest son, Er, was a wicked man, so he killed him.