Ἤρ G2262
Er, personal name in Luke's genealogy of Jesus; Hebrew name meaning 'watchful' or 'awake.'
This Hebrew name appears in Luke's genealogical record of Jesus, representing one of the ancestors in the line from David to Joseph. The name Er (Hebrew עֵר) appears several times in the Old Testament, most notably as Judah's firstborn son. In Genesis, Er was struck down by the Lord for wickedness, though Luke's genealogical Er is a different individual in a later generation. The brief mention gives no details beyond the name itself, preserved across translations with minor phonetic variations.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Luke 3:28 includes Er in the ascending genealogy tracing Jesus's lineage through Joseph back to Adam and ultimately God. The Hebrew root suggests watchfulness or wakefulness. Multilingual renderings maintain the name's phonetic shape with slight variations. The Genesis namesake was Judah's son who died under divine judgment, but the genealogical placement shows this is a different Er in the ancestral line. Like many genealogical names, we know nothing beyond the position in the lineage. 1×
AR["عِيرَ"]·ben["এরের"]·DE["Ἢρ"]·EN["Ēr"]·FR["Er"]·heb["עֵר"]·HI["हेर"]·ID["Er"]·IT["er"]·jav["Èr,"]·KO["엘-의"]·PT["Er"]·RU["Иров"]·ES["Ēr"]·SW["Ēr"]·TR["Er"]·urd["عیر-کا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Ἤρ (L, Ἥρ), ὁ, indecl. (Heb. עֵר), Er, an ancestor of Jesus: Luk.3:28.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)