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Jesher

Man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness

Jesher was one of the sons of Caleb and his wife Azubah, as mentioned in the genealogy of Judah in 1 Chronicles.

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Jesher is mentioned briefly in the genealogy of Judah in 1 Chronicles as one of the sons of Caleb and his wife Azubah. The passage states that Caleb had children by his wife Azubah, and after her death, he married Ephrath. It then lists Jesher, along with his brothers Shobab and Ardon, as the sons of Caleb and Azubah.

Family

Father
Caleb
Mother
Azubah

Bible dictionary

Jesher Easton Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Uprightness, the first of the three sons of Caleb by Azubah (1 Chr. 2:18).

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Jesher Smith Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

(uprightness), one of the sons of Caleb the son of Hezron by his wife Azubah. (1 Chronicles 2:18) (B.C. before 1491).

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Jesher Hitchcock Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

right; singing

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Jesher Hastings Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

JE'SHER (uprightness), one of the sons of Caleb, the son of Hezron. 1 Chr 2:18.

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Jesher Schaff Schaff’s Dictionary of the Bible

JE'SHER (uprightness), one of the sons of Caleb, the son of Hezron. 1 Chr 2:18.

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Easton (1897), Smith (1863), Hitchcock (1869), Hastings (1898) and Schaff are in the public domain. Parsed text: neuu-org/bible-dictionary-dataset (CC BY 4.0). Headwords and whitespace normalised for this site.

Where Jesher appears

1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H3475

1 Chronicles1

Names, family links and references: STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Short descriptions were drafted with AI assistance by STEPBible. Family links follow STEPBible’s scholarly decisions where genealogies are ambiguous.