בְּרִיעָה
Bᵉrîyʻâh · ber-ee'-aw
Beriah, the name of four Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: apparently from the feminine of H7451 (רַע) with a prepositional prefix; in trouble;
Beriah, the name of four Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Beriah.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the head, the highest › the hand that works › to see and know › to reveal, behold
The house, what is within of the head, the highest of the hand that works that works to see and know that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּרִיעָה 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of beriah5 · 45%
- and beriah4 · 36%
- beriah2 · 18%
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.