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Lexicon :: Strong's H1280 - bᵊrîaḥ

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בְּרִיחַ
Transliteration
bᵊrîaḥ
Pronunciation
ber-ee'-akh
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From בָּרַח (H1272)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 284b

Strong’s Definitions

בְּרִיחַ bᵉrîyach, ber-ee'-akh; from H1272; a bolt:—bar, fugitive.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's H1280 in the following manner: bar (40x), fugitive (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x
The KJV translates Strong's H1280 in the following manner: bar (40x), fugitive (1x).

  1. bar

    1. of wood

    2. of city gates

  2. of tribulation, a fortress, of the earth as a prison (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּרִיחַ bᵉrîyach, ber-ee'-akh; from H1272; a bolt:—bar, fugitive.
STRONGS H1280: Abbreviations
† בְּרִיחַ noun masculine bar (compare Assyrian burû—u, spearshaft, spear, COTGloss) — בְּרִיחַ Deuteronomy 3:5 + 11 times (construct Amos 1:5 etc.); בְּרִיחוֺ Exodus 35:11; Exodus 39:38 Kt (Qr both ־חַיו needless); plural בְּרִיחִם Exodus 26:26 + 8 times, בְּרִיחִים 2 Chronicles 14:6, בְּרִיחֵי Exodus 36:31 + 3 times, בְּרִיחָ֑יִךְ Nahum 3:13, בְּרִיחָיו Exodus 40:18 + 7 times (+ Qr Exodus 35:11; Exodus 39:33), בְּרִיחֶיהָ Jeremiah 51:30; Lamentations 2:9, בְּרִחֶיהָ Jonah 2:7, בְּרִיחֶ֑הָ Isaiah 15:5 but compare below; —
1.
a. bar, of wood, joining boards of tabernacle Exodus 26:26, 27 (twice in verse); Exodus 26:28, 29 (twice in verse); Exodus 35:11; Exodus 36:31, 32 (twice in verse); Exodus 36:33, 34 (twice in verse); Exodus 40:18; Numbers 3:36; Numbers 4:31 (all P).
b. bar (s) of city-gates Deuteronomy 3:5; Judges 16:8; 1 Samuel 23:7; 2 Chronicles 8:5; 2 Chronicles 14:6; id. of gates of Jerusalem Lamentations 2:9; also (|| מנעולים) Nehemiah 3:3, 6, 18, 14, 15 compare Psalm 147:13; compare Amos 1:5; Nahum 3:13; Jeremiah 49:31; Ezekiel 38:11; Jeremiah 51:30; bars of city-gates, נחשׁת ב׳ 1 Kings 4:13, ברזל ב׳ Isaiah 45:2 (of Babylon, broken before Cyrus); בְּרִיחֶ֑הָ Isaiah 15:5 read probably with Di and others בָּר׳ see H1281 בָּרִיחַ; yet compare Che's critical note
2. figurative בַּרְזָל ב׳ of distress, etc. Psalm 107:16; of fortress, אַרְמוֺן ב׳ in simile Proverbs 18:19; figurative ב׳ of earth (pictured as house out of which Jonah is shut) Jonah 2:7. (Older usage singular of bar of door or gate, i.e. the great bar across the gate; so Deuteronomy 3:5; Judges 16:3; Amos 1:5; 1 Samuel 23:7; 1 Kings 4:13; Jeremiah 49:31; Proverbs 18:9; Job 38:10; 2 Chronicles 8:5; Ezekiel 38:11 Later plural Isaiah 45:2; Lamentations 2:9; 2 Chronicles 14:6; Nehemiah 3:3, 6, 13, 14, 15; Psalm 147:13, but also Nahum 3:13.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

26:26; 26:26; 26:27; 26:28; 26:29; 35:11; 35:11; 35:11; 36:31; 36:31; 36:32; 36:33; 36:34; 39:33; 39:38; 40:18; 40:18

Numbers

3:36; 4:31

Deuteronomy

3:5; 3:5; 3:5

Judges

16:3; 16:8

1 Samuel

23:7; 23:7

1 Kings

4:13; 4:13

2 Chronicles

8:5; 8:5; 14:6; 14:6; 14:6

Nehemiah

3:3; 3:3; 3:6; 3:6; 3:13; 3:14; 3:14; 3:15; 3:15; 3:18

Job

38:10

Psalms

107:16; 147:13; 147:13

Proverbs

18:9; 18:19

Isaiah

15:5; 15:5; 45:2; 45:2

Jeremiah

49:31; 49:31; 51:30; 51:30

Lamentations

2:9; 2:9; 2:9

Ezekiel

38:11; 38:11

Amos

1:5; 1:5; 1:5

Jonah

2:7; 2:7

Nahum

3:13; 3:13; 3:13