Easton's Bible Dictionary A Jew, son of Nethaniah. He was sent by the princes to invite Baruch to read Jeremiah's roll to them (Jeremiah 36:14, 21). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia JEHUDI je-hu'-di (yehudhi, properly "a Jew"): An officer of King Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 36:14, 21, 23). He was sent by the princes to summon Baruch to read the roll containing Jeremiah's prophecies to them; he afterward read them to the king, who destroyed them. His name is noteworthy, as also is that of his grandfather Cushi (i.e. "Ethiopian"), and the two are said to point to a foreign origin.

Multi-Version Concordance Jehudi (3 Occurrences) Jeremiah 36:14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the scroll in which you have read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand, and came to them. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 36:21 So the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll; and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes who stood beside the king. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 36:23 It happened, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, that the king cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)