Bᵉrîyʻâh — H1283

Definition

masculine proper noun

Beriah, the name of four Israelites

1. Beriah = "with a friend"
2. a son of Asher
3. a son of Ephraim
4. a Benjamite
5. a Levite

Usually translated as

Beriah

Origin

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

• Raʻ (H7451)

Occurrences

Bᵉrîyʻâh occurs 11 times in 10 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Numbers (2), 1 Chronicles (7)

• Genesis 46:17 — And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah (וּבְרִיעָ֖ה), and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
• Genesis 46:17 — And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah (בְרִיעָ֔ה); Heber, and Malchiel.
• Numbers 26:44 — Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah (לִבְרִיעָ֕ה), the family of the Beriites.
• Numbers 26:45 — Of the sons of Beriah (בְרִיעָ֔ה): of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
• 1 Chronicles 7:23 — And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah (בְּרִיעָ֔ה), because it went evil with his house.
• 1 Chronicles 7:30 — The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah (וּבְרִיעָ֖ה), and Serah their sister.
• 1 Chronicles 7:31 — And the sons of Beriah (בְרִיעָ֔ה); Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.
• 1 Chronicles 8:13 — Beriah (וּבְרִעָ֣ה) also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
• 1 Chronicles 8:16 — And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah (בְרִיעָֽה);
• 1 Chronicles 23:10 — And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah (וּבְרִיעָ֑ה). These four were the sons of Shimei.
• 1 Chronicles 23:11 — And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah (וּבְרִיעָה֙) had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father’s house.