Ba·ruch /bəˈruk, ˈbɑrˌuk/
 Baruch
      n 1: economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965)
           [syn: Bernard Baruch, Bernard Mannes Baruch]
      2: a disciple of and secretary for the prophet Jeremiah
      3: an Apocryphal book ascribed to Baruch [syn: Book of Baruch]
 Baruch
    blessed. (1.) The secretary of the prophet Jeremiah (32:12;
    36:4). He was of the tribe of Judah (51:59). To him Jeremiah
    dictated his prophecies regarding the invasion of the
    Babylonians and the Captivity. These he read to the people from
    a window in the temple in the fourth year of the reign of
    Jehoiakim, king of Judah (Jer. 36). He afterwards read them
    before the counsellors of the king at a private interview; and
    then to the king himself, who, after hearing a part of the roll,
    cut it with a penknife, and threw it into the fire of his winter
    parlour, where he was sitting.
      During the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, he was the
    keeper of the deed of purchase Jeremiah had made of the
    territory of Hanameel (Jer. 32:12). Being accused by his enemies
    of favouring the Chaldeans, he was cast, with Jeremiah, into
    prison, where he remained till the capture of Jerusalem (B.C.
    586). He probably died in Babylon.
      (2.) Neh. 3:20; 10:6; 11:5.
 Baruch, who is blessed