baruch · Baruch

What it means

baruch (בָּרוּךְ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Baruch”.

A name meaning "blessed". Above all, the scribe of the prophet Jeremiah; also some men of Nehemiah's time, such as the son of Zabbai who zealously repaired a section of the wall.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Nehemiah×3
• Jeremiah×23

• Nehemiah 3:20

  After him Baruch the son of Zaccai zealously repaired a second section, from the angle to the entrance of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

• Nehemiah 10:6

  Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

• Nehemiah 11:5

  and Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, son of the Shilonite.

• Jeremiah 32:12

  and I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, before the eyes of Hanamel my uncle, and before the eyes of the witnesses who had written in the deed of purchase, before the eyes of all the Jews who were sitting in the court of the guard.

• Jeremiah 32:13

  And I commanded Baruch before their eyes, saying,

• Jeremiah 32:16

  And I prayed to YHWH, after I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, saying,

• Jeremiah 36:4

  And Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of YHWH that he had spoken to him on a scroll of a book.

• Jeremiah 36:5

  And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, “I am restrained; I cannot go into the house of YHWH.

• Jeremiah 36:8

  And Baruch son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of YHWH in the house of YHWH.

• Jeremiah 36:10

  And Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of YHWH, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entrance of the New Gate of the house of YHWH, in the ears of all the people.

• Jeremiah 36:13

  And Micaiah told them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read from the book in the ears of the people.

• Jeremiah 36:14

  Then all the princes sent to Baruch Jehudi son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, saying, “The scroll from which you read in the ears of the people, take it in your hand and come.” So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and came to them.

• Jeremiah 36:15

  And they said to him, “Sit down, please, and read it in our ears.” And Baruch read it in their ears.

• Jeremiah 36:16

  And it happened, when they heard all the words, that they turned in dread, each one to his companion, and they said to Baruch, “We must surely tell the king all these words.”

• Jeremiah 36:17

  And they asked Baruch, saying, “Tell us, please, how did you write all these words from his mouth?”

• Jeremiah 36:18

  And Baruch said to them, “From his mouth he would dictate to me all these words, and I would write on the book with ink.”

• Jeremiah 36:19

  And the princes said to Baruch, “Go, hide, you and Jeremiah, and let no one know where you are.”

• Jeremiah 36:26

  And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son and Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but YHWH hid them.

• Jeremiah 36:27

  And the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah, after the king had burned the scroll and the words that Baruch had written from the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,

• Jeremiah 36:32

  And Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch son of Neriah, the scribe; and he wrote on it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and besides, there were added to them many words like them.

• Jeremiah 43:3

  but Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us, in order to give us into the hand of the Chaldeans, to put us to death or to carry us into exile to Babylon.”

• Jeremiah 43:6

  the men and the women and the little ones and the daughters of the king, and every person whom Nebuzaradan the chief of the guard had left with Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.

• Jeremiah 45:1

  The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book from the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,

• Jeremiah 45:2

  “Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, concerning you, Baruch:

And 2 more times.