Neariah

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Shemaiah and descendant of David.  1 Chronicles 3:22,23 .

2. Son of Ishi, a descendant of Simeon.   1 Chronicles 4:12 .

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Neariah 1 . A descendant of David (  1 Chronicles 3:22 f.). 2 . A Simeonite (  1 Chronicles 4:42 ).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1.  1 Chronicles 3:22-23.

2.  1 Chronicles 4:42.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 3:22-23 2 1 Chronicles 4:42-43

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

One of the sons of Shechaneah ( 1 Chronicles 3:22). From Naarah, youth or child.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Neiryath', נְעִרְיָה , Servant Of Jehovah; Sept. Νωαδία , v.r. Νααρία and Νεαρία ; Vulg. Naaniah), the name of two men.

1. The second named of the four sons of Ishi, captains of the 500 Simeonites who in the reign of Hezekiah drove the Amnalekites from Mount Seir, and settled there ( 1 Chronicles 4:41-43). B.C. cir. 715.

2. The fourth named of the six sons of Shemaiah; father of Elioenai, Hezekiah, and Azrikam, a descendant of David ( 1 Chronicles 3:22-23). B.C. cir. 350. He is apparently identical With NAGGE (See Nagge) (q.v.) in the genealogy (q.v.) of Christ ( Luke 3:25).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

nē - a - rı̄´a ( נעריה , ne‛aryāh ):

(1) A descendant of David ( 1 Chronicles 3:22 f).

(2) A descendant of Simeon ( 1 Chronicles 4:42 ).

In both instances the Septuagint reads " Noadiah ."