Beriach בְּרִיחַ

Beriach (Hebrew בְּרִיחַ, Strong's H1280) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “bar”. It occurs 40 times in 36 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Beriach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• Exodus 26:26
  And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,You are also to make five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
• Exodus 26:27
  And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.
• Exodus 26:28
  And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.The central crossbar in the middle of the frames shall extend from one end to the other.
• Exodus 26:29
  And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.
• Exodus 35:11
  The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,the tabernacle with its tent and covering, its clasps and frames, its crossbars, posts, and bases;
• Exodus 36:31
  And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,He also made five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
• Exodus 36:32
  And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.
• Exodus 36:33
  And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.He made the central crossbar to run through the center of the frames, from one end to the other.
• Exodus 36:34
  And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.And he overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
• Exodus 39:33
  And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, and its posts and bases;
• Exodus 40:18
  And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.

Numbers

• Numbers 3:36
  And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,The duties assigned to the sons of Merari were the tabernacle’s frames, crossbars, posts, bases, and all its equipment—all the service for these items,
• Numbers 4:31
  And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases,

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 3:5
  All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.

Judges

• 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.But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 23:7
  And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 4:13
  The son of Geber, in Ramoth–gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 8:5
  Also he built Beth–horon the upper, and Beth–horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
• 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.So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 3:3
  But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
• Nehemiah 3:6
  Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.The Jeshanah Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
• Nehemiah 3:13
  The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.
• Nehemiah 3:14
  But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth–haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.The Dung Gate was repaired by Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem. He rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
• Nehemiah 3:15
  But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col–hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.

Job

• Job 38:10
  And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,

Psalms

• Psalm 107:16
  For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
• Psalm 147:13
  For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 18:19
  A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 45:2
  I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 49:31
  Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the Lord, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD. “They have no gates or bars; they live alone.
• 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.The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 2:9
  Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 38:11
  And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will come against a tranquil people who dwell securely, all of them living without walls or bars or gates—

Amos

• Amos 1:5
  I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the Lord.I will break down the gates of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler of the Valley of Aven and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden. The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” says the LORD.

Jonah

• Jonah 2:6
  I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!

Nahum

• Nahum 3:13
  Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.Look at your troops— they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).