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Beriites
BERIITES (bē-rī'īts, Heb. berî‘îm). A people mentioned only once in the Bible (
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 (