יִרְאִיָּיה
yir.iy.yah
“Irijah”
Definition
Jirijah, an Israelite
from H3373 (יָרֵא) and H3050 (יָהּ); fearful of Jah;
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
יִרְאִיָּיה appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
“That is a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!”But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials.
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