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HebrewH1263Proper Noun (Masculine)

בָּרוּךְ

ba.rukh

23Occurrences
H1263Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Baruk, the name of three Israelites

passive participle from H1288 (בָרַךְ); blessed;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at ; son of: Zabbai (H2079H) § Baruch = "blessed" 1) friend, amanuensis, and faithful attendant of Jeremiah 2) a priest, the son of Zabbai who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem 3) a priest, or family of priests, who signed the covenant with Nehemiah 4) son of Col-hozeh, a descendant of Perez or Pharez, the son of Judah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

בָּרוּךְ appears 23 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
21
Nehemiah
2

Key Passages

Jeremiah 32:12BSB

and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.

Jeremiah 36:5BSB

Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;

Jeremiah 36:14BSB

Then all the officials sent word to Baruch through Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, saying, “Bring the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come here.”So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went to them.

Jeremiah 36:18BSB

“It was at his dictation,” Baruch replied. “He recited all these words to me and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”

Jeremiah 36:32BSB

Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.