Bible Names

Neariah: meaning of the name

Neariah means “child of the Lord.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Neariah in Hebrew and Greek

נְעַרְיָה H5294

Nᵉʻaryâh (neh-ar-yaw') — Nearjah, the name of two Israelites

from H5288 (נַעַר) and H3050 (יָהּ); servant of Jah;

People named Neariah in the Bible

Neariah in Scripture

“Neariah” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Chronicles 3:22

    And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.

  • 1 Chronicles 3:23

    And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:42

    And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.