Strong H52942 sensesנְעַרְיָה

Neariah

Transliteration
ne‛aryâh
Pronunciation
neh-ar-yaw'

Meaning of the name

Neariah = "servant of Jehovah"

The 2 senses of Strong H5294

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H5294 appears in 3 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Descendant of David, son of Shemaiah.H5294G2 verses · 1 Chronicles
  2. A Simeonite leader who defeated the Amalekites.H5294H1 verse · 1 Chronicles

General definition

From H5288 and H3050; servant of Jah;
{Nearjah} the name of two Israelites: - Neariah.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • neariah3

First verses

  1. 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.
  2. 1 Chronicles 3:23
    And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.
  3. 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.