Every Name in Tanakh

עֵקֶר Eker

Every verse in which this name stands — 1 place, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 370×1 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

An Israelite. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Chronicles 2:27.

1 Chronicles 2:27דברי הימים א ב:כז

וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי־רָם בְּכוֹר יְרַחְמְאֵל מַעַץ וְיָמִין וָעֵֽקֶר

And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Eker?

Eker — עקר in Hebrew — has a gematria of 370 in the standard method.

How many times is Eker named in the Tanakh?

1 time, first at 1 Chronicles 2:27.

A spelling is not a name. The written word ועקר stands 1 time in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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