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Bariah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1282

בָּרִיחַ

ba.ri.ach — Bariah

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.22; son of: Shemaiah (H8098B); brother of: Hattush (H2407), Igal (H3008I), Neariah (H5294) and Shaphat (H8202I) § Bariah = "fleeing" or "fugitive" son of Shemaiah and descendant of the royal family of Judah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2407

חַטּוּשׁ

chat.tush — Hattush

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.22; son of: Shemaiah (H8098B); brother of: Igal (H3008I), Bariah (H1282), Neariah (H5294) and Shaphat (H8202I) § Hattush = "assembled" 1) a descendant of David, apparently one of the sons of Shechaniah, in the 4th or 5th generation from Zerubbabel 1a) a man who returned with Ezra; maybe same as 1 above 1b) a man who returned with Zerubbabel; maybe same as 1 above 2) son of Hashabniah who helped repair the walls of Jerusalem with Nehemiah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5294

נְעַרְיָה

ne.ar.yah — Neariah

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

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Historical dictionary entry

Fugitive, one of Shemaiah’s five sons. Their father is counted along with them in 1 Chr. 3:22.

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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