בָּרוּךְBârûwk

proper name, masculine: blessed

Pronunciation: baw-rook' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1263

Meanings

1. friend and amanuensis of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 32:13; Jeremiah 32:16)

2. a priest, son of Zabbai (Zaccai) (Nehemiah 3:20; Nehemiah 10:7)

3. son of Colhozeh, of the tribe of Judah (Nehemiah 11:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 26 times in the Bible.

  • Nehemiah 3:20 Next to him was Baruch son of Zabbai, who zealously repaired an additional section from the angle to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
  • Nehemiah 10:6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
  • Nehemiah 11:5 Also Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, of the family of Shelah.
  • Jeremiah 32:12 and I handed them to Baruch son of Neriah and grandson of Mahseiah. I did all this in the presence of my cousin Hanamel, the witnesses who had signed the deed, and all the men of Judah who were there in the courtyard of the guardhouse.
  • Jeremiah 32:13 Then I said to Baruch as they all listened,
  • Jeremiah 32:16 Then after I had given the papers to Baruch, I prayed to the Lord:
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).