בְּרִיחַ
bᵉrîyach · ber-ee'-akh
a bolt
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1272 (בָּרַח);
a bolt
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bar, fugitive.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the head, the highest › the hand that works › to separate and protect
The house, what is within of the head, the highest of the hand that works that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּרִיחַ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
40 occurrences · 40 OT · 0 NT · 30 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- bars8 · 20%
- the bars5 · 12%
- thereof, and the bars5 · 12%
- and bars4 · 10%
- bar2 · 5%
- for the bars2 · 5%
- his bars2 · 5%
- and the bars2 · 5%
- her bars2 · 5%
- in the bars1 · 2%
- with them, bar1 · 2%
- are like the bars1 · 2%
- his fugitives1 · 2%
- nor bars1 · 2%
- and having neither bars1 · 2%
- also the bar1 · 2%
- with her bars1 · 2%
- thy bars1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.