Strong's #6147: `Er (pronounced ayr)

from 5782; watchful; Er, the name of two Israelites:--Er.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

‛êr

Er = "awake"

1) the eldest son of Judah

2) son of Shelah and grandson of Judah

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: from H5782

Usage:

This word is used 10 times:

 

Genesis 38:3: "and he called his name Er."
Genesis 38:6: "And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar."
Genesis 38:7: " And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD"
Genesis 46:12: "And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er"
Genesis 46:12: "and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan."
Numbers 26:19: "The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land"
Numbers 26:19: "of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan."
1 Chronicles 2:3: "The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter"
1 Chronicles 2:3: "unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was"
1 Chronicles 4:21: "of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father"