בְּרִיעָהBᵉrîyʻâh
proper name, masculine: a son of Asher
Pronunciation: ber-ee'-aw · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1283
Meanings
2. son of Ephraim (1 Chronicles 7:23)
3. a Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:13; 1 Chronicles 8:16)
4. a Levite (1 Chronicles 23:10; 1 Chronicles 23:11)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 46:17 The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Their sister was Serah. Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malkiel.
- Numbers 26:44 These were the clans descended from the sons of Asher: The Imnite clan, named after their ancestor Imnah. The Ishvite clan, named after their ancestor Ishvi. The Beriite clan, named after their ancestor Beriah.
- Numbers 26:45 These were the subclans descended from the Beriites: The Heberites, named after their ancestor Heber. The Malkielites, named after their ancestor Malkiel.
- 1 Chronicles 7:23 Afterward Ephraim slept with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah because of the tragedy his family had suffered.
- 1 Chronicles 7:30 The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. They had a sister named Serah.
- 1 Chronicles 7:31 The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malkiel (the father of Birzaith).
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).