3 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: Baruch n 1: economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965) [syn: {Bernard Baruch}, {Bernard Mannes Baruch}] 2: a disciple of and secretary for the prophet Jeremiah 3: an Apocryphal book ascribed to Baruch [syn: {Book of Baruch}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Baruch blessed. (1.) The secretary of the prophet Jeremiah (32:12; 36:4). He was of the tribe of Judah (51:59). To him Jeremiah dictated his prophecies regarding the invasion of the Babylonians and the Captivity. These he read to the people from a window in the temple in the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah (Jer. 36). He afterwards read them before the counsellors of the king at a private interview; and then to the king himself, who, after hearing a part of the roll, cut it with a penknife, and threw it into the fire of his winter parlour, where he was sitting. During the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, he was the keeper of the deed of purchase Jeremiah had made of the territory of Hanameel (Jer. 32:12). Being accused by his enemies of favouring the Chaldeans, he was cast, with Jeremiah, into prison, where he remained till the capture of Jerusalem (B.C. 586). He probably died in Babylon. (2.) Neh. 3:20; 10:6; 11:5. From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Baruch, who is blessed
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