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Beriah
BERIAH (bē-rīa, Heb. berî‘âh, meaning uncertain, perhaps gift or evil)
This name is given to a son of Asher the father of Heber and Malkiel (
BERIAH, BERIITES bĭ rī’ ə, bĭ rī’ īts (בְּרִיעִֽי). 1. A son of Asher and the father of Heber and Malchiel (
2. A son of Ephraim, called Beriah by his father because trouble had fallen upon his house (
3. A son of Elpaal, a Benjamite of Aijalon, who helped put to flight the inhabitants of Gath (
4. A Levite, son of Shimei the Gershomite; both he and his brother Jeush had few sons, and “therefore they became a father’s house in one reckoning” (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
be-ri’-a, be-ri’-its (beri`ah, "in shouting," probably derived from a Hebrew root meaning "to make noise," or "in evil," from another Hebrew root):
(1) A son of Asher and father of Heber and Malchiel (
(2) A son of Ephraim, called Beriah by his father because "it went evil with his house" (
(3) A descendant of Benjamin (
(4) A Levite in the line of Gershon (