Definitions
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- proper noun Any of a number of Old Testament men, including the
scribe and companion ofJeremiah . - proper noun An
Apocryphal Book of the Old Testament. - proper noun A male
given name .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an Apocryphal book ascribed to Baruch
- noun a disciple of and secretary for the prophet Jeremiah
- noun economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965)
Etymologies
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Examples
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I was intrigued by the fact that he went by the name Baruch, even though many of his official biographies named him as Barry.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: A Lesson About Pride Jews Can Learn From Obama 2008
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Note 9: Reprinted from Staffrider 1, no. 1 (1978), in Baruch Hirson, Year of Fire, Year of Ash. The Soweto
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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In answer to these men: furst I saye/that this booke entitle Baruch is none of the Canonicall scriptures: And therfor no man is bownd to the doctrine of it.
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Baruch is sent for, and is ordered to sit down among them and read it all over again to them (v. 14, 15), which he readily did, not complaining that he was weary with his public work and therefore desiring to be excused, nor upbraiding the princes with their being absent from the temple, where they might have heard it when he read it there.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Note 43: Oupa Thando Mthimkulu, in Baruch Hirson, Year of Fire, Year of Ash — The Soweto Revolt: Roots of a
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
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'Barack' means the same as 'Baruch' - one who's blessed.
Obamarama: taking questions in town hall meeting Sinfonian 2008
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¶ Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neri'ah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
Jeremiah 36. 1999
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Justin as set forth in his book entitled Baruch, shows how some Gnostics fused Greek, Jewish, and Christian elements.
GNOSTICISM ROBERT M. GRANT 1968
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So Jeremias called Baruch the son of Nerias: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremias all the words of the Lord, which he spoke to him, upon the roll of a book.
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