How to Pronounce Irijah
eye-RYE-juh
Irijah is pronounced eye-RYE-juh (aɪˈraɪdʒə): three syllables, stress on the second.
What does Irijah mean?
Irijah means “the fear of the Lord”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was 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.)
Adapted from Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863), public domain.
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