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Mered
rebellious, ruling
מֶ֫רֶד me.red
Mered (Hebrew: מֶ֫רֶד, me.red) means “rebellious, ruling”, by traditional interpretation. It appears in 2 verses across 1 book of the Bible. In United States birth records the name is below the reporting threshold. Appears with Bithiah in 1 Chronicles 4.
The bearer in scripture
One person in scripture bears this name.
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Mered
son of Ezrah; father of Heber; spouse of Jehudijah
Scripture against society
The two measures, side by side
At a glance
- Verses
- 2 across 1 book
- Bearers
- 1 one person only
- Testament
- Old
- Era
- Divided Kingdom
Using it today
In United States birth records this name is below the reporting threshold. The Social Security Administration does not publish counts under five, so a name given to four children looks the same as one given to none.
In scripture
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| First appears | 1 Chronicles 4:17 |
| Last appears | 1 Chronicles 4:18 |
| Cross-references | 17 linked passages |
Names connected to this one
- Jalon attested sibling Attested sibling — both named as children of Ezrah.
- Ishbah co-occurrence Appears with Ishbah in 1 Chronicles 4.
- Bithiah co-occurrence Appears with Bithiah in 1 Chronicles 4.
- Epher co-occurrence Appears with Epher in 1 Chronicles 4.
- Heber co-occurrence Appears with Heber in 1 Chronicles 4.
- Jalon co-occurrence Appears with Jalon in 1 Chronicles 4.
- Ezrah co-occurrence Appears with Ezrah in 1 Chronicles 4.
- Gedor co-occurrence Appears with Gedor in 1 Chronicles 4.
Origin & meaning
A man of the tribe of Judah(?) living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.4.17;
son of: Ezrah (H5834);
brother of: Jether (H3500J), Epher (H6081H) and Jalon (H3210); married to Bithiah (H1332)(?) and Jehudijah (H3057)(?);
father of: Miriam (H4813H)(?), Shammai (H8060I)(?), Ishbah (H3431)(?), Jered (H3382H)(?), Heber (H2268I)(?) and Jekuthiel (H3354)(?)
§ Mered = "rebellion"
son of Ezra and a descendant of Judah
Mered, a son of Ezrah, married Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh.
The biblical story
Mered was a son of Ezrah from the tribe of Judah (1Ch.4.17). He is mentioned in the genealogy of Judah in the book of Chronicles. Mered had two wives: one was Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, and the other was a Judahite woman (1Ch.4.18). The biblical text lists the children born to Mered and his Judahite wife, including Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah (1Ch.4.17).
Key verses
Mered appears in 2 verses. Here are some of the most notable:
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And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
1 Chronicles 4:17 -
And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
1 Chronicles 4:18
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1 Chronicles (2)
- 1 Chronicles 4:17
- 1 Chronicles 4:18