Character Study on Careah

2 Kings 25: And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

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Morrish Bible Dictionary - Careah

See KAREAH.

Holman Bible Dictionary - Careah

(cuh ree' uh) KJV spelling for Kareah (2 Kings 25:23 ). See Kareah .

Hitchcock's Bible Names - Careah

Bald; ice

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Johanan - Son of Careah

Kareah - Called Careah in 2 Kings 25:23

Kareah - ” Father of Johanan and Jonathan during the time of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 40:8 ,Jeremiah 40:8,40:13 ,Jeremiah 40:13,40:15-16 ; Jeremiah 41:11 ,Jeremiah 41:11,41:13-14 ,Jeremiah 41:13-14,41:16 ; Jeremiah 42:1 ,Jeremiah 42:1,42:8 ; Jeremiah 43:2 ,Jeremiah 43:2,43:4-5 ; spelled Careah in 2 Kings 25:23 , KJV)

Johanan - ... ... Son of Careah, one of the Jewish chiefs who rallied round Gedaliah, whom Nebuchadnezzar had made governor in Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:23 ; Jeremiah 40:8 )

Naming - ... Personal characteristics, Esau means “hairy”; Careah means “bald,” (Genesis 25:25 ; 2 Kings 25:23 ); and the use of animal names in early times, Deborah means “bee”; Jonah means “dove”; Rachel means “ewe,” are attested