Bible Names

Baruch: meaning of the name

Baruch means “who is blessed.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Baruch in Hebrew and Greek

בָּרוּךְ H1263

Bârûwk (baw-rook') — Baruk, the name of three Israelites

passive participle from H1288 (בָרַךְ); blessed;

People named Baruch in the Bible

Baruch in Scripture

“Baruch” appears in 24 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Nehemiah 3:20

    After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

  • Nehemiah 10:6

    Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

  • Nehemiah 11:5

    And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col–hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.

  • Jeremiah 32:12

    And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.

  • Jeremiah 32:13

    And I charged Baruch before them, saying,

  • Jeremiah 32:16

    Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord, saying,

  • Jeremiah 36:4

    Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

  • Jeremiah 36:5

    And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the Lord: