Neriah ne-ri'-a (neriyah, "whose lamp is Yah"): The father of Seraiah and of Baruch, Jeremiah's friend and secretary (Jeremiah 32:12, Jeremiah 32:16, Jeremiah 36:4, Jeremiah 36:8, Jeremiah 36:32, Jeremiah 43:3). In Baruch 1:1 the Greek form of the name, Ner(e)ias, is given, and this shortened, Neri, occurs in the genealogy of Jesus Christ.