The meaning of “בְּרִיחַ”
Understanding bᵉrîyach reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
bar, fugitive. - a bolt 1) bar 1a) of wood 1b) of city gates 2) of tribulation, a fortress, of the earth as a prison (fi...
בְּרִיחַ
bar, fugitive. - a bolt 1) bar 1a) of wood 1b) of city gates 2) of tribulation, a fortress, of the earth as a prison (fig.)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 36:31 | “And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,” Word: בְּרִיחַ (bᵉrîyach) | |
| Judges 16:3 | “And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.” Word: בְּרִיחַ (bᵉrîyach) | |
| 2 Chronicles 14:7 | “Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the Lord our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.” Word: בְּרִיחַ (bᵉrîyach) | |
| Psalms 147:13 | “For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.” Word: בְּרִיחַ (bᵉrîyach) | |
| Jeremiah 51:30 | “The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.” Word: בְּרִיחַ (bᵉrîyach) |
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