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Neriah

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(light). Son of Mahseiah. Father of Baruch (Jer. 32:12; 36:4; 43:3; 45:1¹²And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison. (Jeremiah 32:12)
⁴Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. (Jeremiah 36:4)
³But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. (Jeremiah 43:3)
¹The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, (Jeremiah 45:1)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Son of Maaseiah and father of Baruch and Seraiah (Jer. 32:12, 16¹²And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison. (Jeremiah 32:12)
¹⁶Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord, saying, (Jeremiah 32:16); Jer. 51:59⁵⁹The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince. (Jeremiah 51:59), and more).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

5374 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Neriyah

Phonic:

nay-ree-yaw’

Meaning:

or Neriyahuw {nay-ree-yaw'-hoo}; from 5216 and 3050; light of Jah; Nerijah, an Israelite

KJV Usage:

Neriah

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

my lamp is Jehovah

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

The light of the Lord:―son of Maaseiah and father of Baruch, Jer. 32:12. {Lumen Domini}