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בְּרִיעָה

be.ri.ahBeriah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man11 occurrences3 books10 verses
This name belongs to 4 different people in the Bible:
  • Beriah: Levite in the time of David
  • Beriah: Son of Ephraim born after family tragedy
  • Beriah: Benjamite leader who drove out the Gittites
  • Beriah: Son of Asher and head of a clan

Definition

apparently from the feminine of H7451 with a prepositional prefix; in trouble; Beriah, the name of four Israelites
Traditional renderings: Beriah.

Glossary entries

Beriah Beriite

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

11 total
  1. Genesis 46:17 (2×)וּבְרִיעָ֖ה · Beriah; בְרִיעָ֔ה · of Beriah
    The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
  2. Numbers 26:44לִבְרִיעָ֕ה · from Beriah
    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.
  3. Numbers 26:45בְרִיעָ֔ה · of Beriah
    And these were the descendants of Beriah: the Heberite clan from Heber and the Malchielite clan from Malchiel.
  4. 1 Chronicles 7:23בְּרִיעָ֔ה · Beriah
    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.
  5. 1 Chronicles 7:30וּבְרִיעָ֖ה · Beriah
    The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.
  6. 1 Chronicles 7:31בְרִיעָ֔ה · of Beriah
    The sons of Beriah: Heber, as well as Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
  7. 1 Chronicles 8:13וּבְרִעָ֣ה · and Beriah
    …and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families living in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).
  8. 1 Chronicles 8:16בְרִיעָֽה׃ · of Beriah
    Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah.
  9. 1 Chronicles 23:10וּבְרִיעָ֑ה · and Beriah
    And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei—four in all.
  10. 1 Chronicles 23:11וּבְרִיעָה֙ · and Beriah
    Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were counted as one family and received a single assignment.