Jared — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.

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   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.

2. A man mentioned in the Book of Genesis, a descendant of Adam and of Seth, the father of Enoch, an ancestor of Noah.

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

3. The ancestor of the Jaredites in the Book of Mormon.

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   • Mormonism
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