A name from Scripture
Baruch
bah-ROOK
Meaning
Blessed
Hebrew origin · Boy · First in Nehemiah
What it points to
Baruch — 'blessed' — discovered that true blessedness isn't comfort but faithfulness. When God said 'seek not great things for yourself,' He redefined blessing as survival with purpose rather than prosperity without it.
Verses · King James Version
“Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD.”
Jeremiah 36:4
“And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.”
Jeremiah 45:5