Neri'as (Νηρίας), the Graecized form (Bar. 1:1) of the name of NERIAH SEE NERIAH (q.v.), the father of Seraiah and Baruch (Jer 45:1; Jer 51:59).
Another Nerias or Neriah is mentioned by Josephus (Ant. 10:9, 6), and also by the Jewish record Seder Olam, as a high-priest, son of Uriah and father of Odeas or Hosaiah; but the reference is probably to AZARIAH, 15 (2Ch 31:10). SEE HIGH-PRIEST.
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