Bible Names

Eder: meaning of the name

Eder means “a flock.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Eder in Hebrew and Greek

עֵדֶר H5740

ʻÊder (ay'-der) — Eder, the name of an Israelite and of two places in Palestine

the same as H5739 (עֵדֶר);

Who named Eder in the Bible

Places named Eder

Eder in Scripture

“Eder” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • Joshua 15:21

    And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,

  • 1 Chronicles 23:23

    The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

  • 1 Chronicles 24:30

    The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.