Hebrew word · H5294

נְעַרְיָה

ne'aryah

Neariah

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.3.22;

son of: Shemaiah (H8098B);

brother of: Hattush (H2407), Igal (H3008I), Bariah (H1282) and Shaphat (H8202I);

father of: Elioenai (H0454B), Hizkiah (H2396H) and Azrikam (H5840)

§ Neariah = "servant of Jehovah"

1) one of the 6 sons of Shemaiah in the line of the royal family of David of the tribe of Judah in the time after the captivity

2) son of Ishi and one of the captains of the 500 Simeonites who, in the days of king Hezekiah of Judah, drove out the Amalekites from Mount Seir

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 3

  1. 1 Chronicles 3:22 וּנְעַרְיָ֛ה and Neariah

    The six descendants of Shecaniah were Shemaiah and his sons: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat.

  2. 1 Chronicles 3:23 נְעַרְיָ֗ה Neariah

    The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam—three in all.

  3. 1 Chronicles 4:42 וּ֠נְעַרְיָה and Neariah

    And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.