Nᵉʻaryâh — H5294

Definition

masculine proper noun

Nearjah, the name of two Israelites

1. Neariah = "servant of Jehovah"
2. 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
3. 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

Usually translated as

Neariah

Origin

from H5288 and H3050; servant of Jah

• Derived from Naʻar (H5288)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Nᵉʻaryâh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (3)

• 1 Chronicles 3:22 — And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah (וּנְעַרְיָ֛ה), and Shaphat, six.
• 1 Chronicles 3:23 — And the sons of Neariah (נְעַרְיָ֗ה); Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.
• 1 Chronicles 4:42 — And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah (וּ֠נְעַרְיָה), and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.