fear, or throwing down, of the Lord
(same as Jerijah)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
JERIAH.The chief of one of the Levitical courses (1Ch_23:19; 1Ch_24:23; 1Ch_26:31 [in this last AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] Jerijah]).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
(See HEBRON.) 1Ch_23:19; 1Ch_24:23; 1Ch_26:31.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Jeri'ah. A Kohathite Levite, chief of the great house of Hebron, when David organized the service. 1Ch_23:19; 1Ch_24:23. B.C. 1014. The same man is mentioned again as Jerijah. 1Ch_26:31.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
jē̇-rı̄?a (יריּהוּ, yerı̄yāhū, ?founded of Yahweh?): In 1Ch_23:19; 1Ch_24:23 = ?Jerijah? (יריּה, yerı̄yāh), 1Ch_26:31, head of a Levitical house: called chief of the Hebronites in 1Ch_24:23 (compare 1Ch_24:30).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Jeriah
(Heb. Yeriyah', יְרַיָּה, founded by Jehovah, otherwise fearer of Jehovah, 1Ch_26:31; Sept. Ι᾿ωρίας v.r. Ι᾿ουρίας, Vulg. Jeria, A. Vers. Jerijah; also in the paragogic form Yeriya'hu, יְרַיָּהוּ; Sept. ῾Ιεριά in 1Ch_23:19, but Ι᾿εδιοῦ in 1Ch_24:23; Vulgate Jeriau, Auth. Vers. Jeriah), the first in rank of the sons of Hebron in the Levitical arrangements instituted by David (1 Chronicles ut sup.). B.C. 1014.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.