נֵרִיָּה
Nêrîyâh · nay-ree-yaw'
Nerijah, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: or נֵרִיָּהוּ; from H5216 (נִיר) and H3050 (יָהּ); light of Jah;
Nerijah, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Neriah.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the head, the highest › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
The seed, life continuing of the head, the highest of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נֵרִיָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of neriah10 · 100%
Where it is used, by book.
- Jeremiah10
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.