Neriah

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Neriah The father of Baruch (  Jeremiah 32:12;   Jeremiah 32:16;   Jeremiah 36:4;   Jeremiah 36:8;   Jeremiah 36:32;   Jeremiah 43:3;   Jeremiah 43:6;   Jeremiah 45:1;   Jeremiah 51:59 ). In Bar 1:1 the Greek form of the name, Nerias, is retained.

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

Neriah, Neri

We meet with two of this name. The father of Baruch,  Jeremiah 32:12 and the son of Melchi,  Luke 3:27. Light of the Lord, or the Lord is my light.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

 Jeremiah 51:59;  Jeremiah 32:12 NERI,  Jeremiah 36:4;  Jeremiah 43:3.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Jeremiah 32:12 Jeremiah 36:4-19 Jeremiah 51:59

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Son of Maaseiah and father of Baruch and Seraiah.  Jeremiah 32:12,16;  Jeremiah 51:59 , etc.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Neri'ah. (Lamp Of Jehovah). The son of Maaseiah, and father of Baruch and Seraiah.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Neriyah', נֵרַיָּה , Jehovah is My Lamp, or Lamp Of Jehovah, also [ Jeremiah 36:14;  Jeremiah 36:32; in the prolonged form Neriya'Hu, נֵרַיָּהיּ  ; Sept. Νηρίας [v.r. Νηρί in  Jeremiah 43:3]; Vulg: Nerias, but Neri in  Jeremiah 22:12), the son of Maaseiah, and father of Seraiah ( Jeremiah 51:59) and Baruch ( Jeremiah 32:12;  Jeremiah 32:16;  Jeremiah 36:4;  Jeremiah 36:8;  Jeremiah 36:14;  Jeremiah 36:32;  Jeremiah 43:3;  Jeremiah 43:6;  Jeremiah 45:1). He appears to be the same with NERI (See Neri) (q.v.) in our Lord's maternal ancestry ( Luke 3:27-28; see Strong's Harmony And Expos. Of The Gospels, page 17). B.C. cir. 620.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

nḗ - rı̄´a ( נריּה , nērı̄yāh , "whose lamp is Yah"): The father of Seraiah and of Baruch, Jeremiah's friend and secretary (  Jeremiah 32:12 ,  Jeremiah 32:16;  Jeremiah 36:4 ,  Jeremiah 36:8 ,  Jeremiah 36:32;  Jeremiah 43:3 ). In Baruch 1:1 the Greek form of the name, Νηρ (ρ Ο2 επ )ίας , Nēr ( e ) ı́as , is given, and this shortened, Neri, occurs in the genealogy of Jesus Christ.