Jared

Definitions

1. A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.
   countable, uncountable
2. A man mentioned in the Book of Genesis, a descendant of Adam and of Seth, the father of Enoch, an ancestor of Noah.
   countable, uncountable
3. The ancestor of the Jaredites in the Book of Mormon.
   Mormonism, countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Some experts, such as geographer Jared Diamond in his 2005 book, “Collapse,” used Easter Island as a cautionary tale of how the exploitation of limited resources can result⟳ in catastrophic population decline⟳, ecological devastation and the destruction of a society through infighting.”

“And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:”

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