בָּרוּךְ
ba.rukh
Baruch
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "בָּרוּךְ" (ba.rukh) is a proper name, specifically a personal name, as indicated by its classification in the semantic domain. It is used 23 times in the Bible, suggesting its significance in the narrative. The short definition provided is "Baruch," which is likely the name's meaning. Given its classification as a proper name, the word "בָּרוּךְ" is used to identify a specific individual, rather than conveying a general concept or idea. Its frequency of occurrence in the Bible underscores its importance in the stories and events recorded. Without more context, it is difficult to discern the full range of its usage, but its presence in the narrative suggests a notable figure in the biblical account.
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Occurrences in Scripture
23 total occurrences across the text
and I delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses who signed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the guard.
Jeremiah 32:13“I commanded Baruch before them, saying,
Jeremiah 32:16Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to Yahweh, saying,
Jeremiah 36:4Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all Yahweh’s words, which he had spoken to him, on a scroll of a book.
Jeremiah 36:4Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all Yahweh’s words, which he had spoken to him, on a scroll of a book.
Jeremiah 36:5Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, “I am restricted. I can’t go into Yahweh’s house.
Jeremiah 36:8Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book Yahweh’s words in Yahweh’s house.
Jeremiah 36:10Then Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the book in Yahweh’s house, in the room of Gemariah the son of Shaphan, the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of Yahweh’s house, in the ears of all the people.
Jeremiah 36:13Then Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
Jeremiah 36:14Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, “Take in your hand the scroll in which you have read in the ears of the people, and come.” So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand, and came to them.
Jeremiah 36:14Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, “Take in your hand the scroll in which you have read in the ears of the people, and come.” So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand, and came to them.
Jeremiah 36:15They said to him, “Sit down now, and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.
Jeremiah 36:16Now when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said to Baruch, “We will surely tell the king of all these words.”
Jeremiah 36:17They asked Baruch, saying, “Tell us now, how did you write all these words at his mouth?”
Jeremiah 36:18Then Baruch answered them, “He dictated all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.”
Jeremiah 36:19Then the princes said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah go hide. Don’t let anyone know where you are.”
Jeremiah 36:26The king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Yahweh hid them.
Jeremiah 36:27Then Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, after the king had burned the scroll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
Jeremiah 36:32Then took Jeremiah another scroll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and many similar words were added to them.
Jeremiah 43:3but Baruch the son of Neriah has turned you against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death, and carry us away captive to Babylon.”
Jeremiah 43:6the men, and the women, and the children, and the king’s daughters, and every person who Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan; and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah;
Jeremiah 45:1The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
Jeremiah 45:2“Yahweh, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: