Baruch

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew בָּרוּךְ‎ (Barukh, “blessed”). Cognate with Arabic بَارَك‎ (bārak, “Barak”).

Proper noun

Baruch

1. (biblical) Any of a number of Old Testament men, including the scribe and companion of Jeremiah.
   • 1611, Bible (King James Version), Jeremiah 36:4:

     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.

2. A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
3. A male given name.

Proper noun

Baruch m

1. (biblical) Baruch