Dictionaries :: Irijah

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Irijah:

the fear of the Lord

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Irijah:

i-ri'-ja (yir'iyayh, "Yah sees"): A captain at the gate of Benjamin in Jerusalem, who arrested Jeremiah the prophet on suspicion of intending to desert to the Chaldeans (Jer 37:13,14).

Nave's Topical Bible

Irijah: A Captain of the Guard

Who imprisoned the prophet Jeremiah,

Jer 37:13, 14.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Irijah:

(seen by the Lord) son of Shelemiah, a captain in the ward, who met Jeremiah in the gate of Jerusalem called the "gate of Benjamin" accused him of being about to desert to the Chaldeans; and led him back to the princes (Jeremiah 37:13-14). (B.C. 589)