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Person Old Testament

Eker

Eker was a son of Ram and descendant of Judah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 2:27.

Why it matters. Son of Ram, descendant of Judah

Primary passages
Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Eker

Eker is mentioned in 1Ch.2.27 as a son of Ram, who was a descendant of Judah through Hezron.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Parents
Ram
Siblings
JaminMaaz

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • 1 Chronicles (1 verse)

    2:27

Record type: Person. FaithGraph explanations on this page are editorial and are not Scripture.