Neriah (ISBE)

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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.