Strong H3376יִרְאִיָּיה
Irijah
- Transliteration
- yir'îyâyh
- Pronunciation
- yir-ee-yaw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Irijah = "Jehovah sees me"
Detailed definition
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.37.13;
son of: Shelemiah (H8018N)
son of: Shelemiah (H8018N)
In the biblical story
Irijah
Captain who arrested Jeremiah for desertion.
Irijah, a captain, arrested Jeremiah on suspicion of desertion to the Babylonians (Jer.37.13-14).
In the Bible
Strong H3376 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- irijah2
First verses
- Jeremiah 37:13And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
- Jeremiah 37:14Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.