Neri
Who he was
Neri was an ancestor of Jesus Christ, mentioned in the genealogy found in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 3:27). He was the son of Melchi and the father of Shealtiel. No other details about Neri's life are provided in the Bible. His name means "my light" in Hebrew.
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Family
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Every mention
1 reference, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Luke 1 mention
What the dictionary says
short form for NERIAH (Jehovah is my lamp) son of Melchi and father of Salathiel, in the genealogy of Christ.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
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- STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain