Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H5294: נְעַרְיָה

Nᵉʻaryâh · pronounced neh-ar-yaw' · “Neariah”

Definition

Nearjah, the name of two Israelites

KJV translates it as: Neariah.

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

Extended definition

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.3.22;
son of: Shemaiah (H8098B);
brother of: Hattush (H2407), Igal (H3008I), Bariah (H1282) and Shaphat (H8202I);
father of: Elioenai (H0454B), Hizkiah (H2396H) and Azrikam (H5840)
§ Neariah = "servant of Jehovah"
1) one of the 6 sons of Shemaiah in the line of the royal family of David of the tribe of Judah in the time after the captivity
2) son of Ishi and one of the captains of the 500 Simeonites who, in the days of king Hezekiah of Judah, drove out the Amalekites from Mount Seir

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H5294 is translated

  • neariah ×3

Bible verses with H5294 (Nᵉʻaryâh)

Nᵉʻaryâh appears in 3 verses.

  • 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.