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HebrewH1283Proper Noun (Masculine)

בְּרִיעָה

be.ri.ah

10Occurrences
H1283Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Beriah, the name of four Israelites

apparently from the feminine of H7451 (רַע) with a prepositional prefix; in trouble;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Asher (H0836); brother of: Imnah (H3232), Ishvah (H3438), Ishvi (H3440) and Serah (H8294); father of: Heber (H2268) and Malchiel (H4439); also called Beriite at ; Also named: be.ri.i (*בְּרִיעִי *"Beriite" H1284) § Beriah = "with a friend" 1) a son of ) a son of Ephraim 3) a Benjamite 4) a Levite

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

בְּרִיעָה appears 10 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
7
Numbers
2
Genesis
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 23:10BSB

And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei—four in all.

1 Chronicles 7:23BSB

And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house.

1 Chronicles 7:31BSB

The sons of Beriah:Heber, as well as Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

1 Chronicles 8:16BSB

Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah.

Numbers 26:44BSB

These were the descendants of Asher by their clans:The Imnite clan from Imnah,the Ishvite clan from Ishvi,and the Beriite clan from Beriah.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.