Yirʼîyâyh — H3376

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jirijah, an Israelite

1. Irijah = "Jehovah sees me"
2. son of Shelemiah, a captain of the guard who arrested Jeremiah

Usually translated as

Irijah

Origin

from H3373 and H3050; fearful of Jah

• Derived from Yârêʼ (H3373)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Yirʼîyâyh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Jeremiah (2)

• Jeremiah 37:13 — And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah (יִרְאִיָּ֔יה), the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
• Jeremiah 37:14 — Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah (יִרְאִיָּיה֙) took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.