Hebrew word · H1283

בְּרִיעָה

veri'ah

Beriah

Appears 11 times in 10 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.17;

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 Num.26.44;

Also named: be.ri.i (בְּרִיעִי "Beriite" H1284)

§ Beriah = "with a friend"

1) a son of Asher

2) a son of Ephraim

3) a Benjamite

4) a Levite

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 2

  1. Genesis 46:17 וּבְרִיעָ֖ה בְרִיעָ֔ה and Beriah, Beriah

    The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

Numbers · 2

  1. Numbers 26:44 לִבְרִיעָ֕ה of 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.

  2. Numbers 26:45 בְרִיעָ֔ה Beriah

    And these were the descendants of Beriah: the Heberite clan from Heber and the Malchielite clan from Malchiel.

1 Chronicles · 7

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:23 בְּרִיעָ֔ה 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.

  2. 1 Chronicles 7:30 וּבְרִיעָ֖ה and Beriah

    The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.

  3. 1 Chronicles 7:31 בְרִיעָ֔ה Beriah

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

  4. 1 Chronicles 8:13 וּבְרִעָ֣ה and Beriah

    and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families living in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).

  5. 1 Chronicles 8:16 בְרִיעָֽה׃ Beriah

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

  6. 1 Chronicles 23:10 וּבְרִיעָ֑ה and Beriah

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

  7. 1 Chronicles 23:11 וּבְרִיעָה֙ 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.

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