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Strong's H1280 בְּרִיחַ (beriach)

Beriach means “bar” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G1280 — diaporeo in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H1280
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 37
Books 18

Strong's H1280 Quick Answer

Strong's H1280 בְּרִיַח (briyach) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. briyach (ber-ee'-akh) n-m. 1. a bolt [from H1272] It has 37 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include bars and bar. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
briyach (ber-ee'-akh) n-m. 1. a bolt [from H1272]
Usage
37 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
bars and bar

Meaning and Definition

briyach (ber-ee'-akh) n-m. 1. a bolt [from H1272] KJV: bar, fugitive. Root(s): H1272

Original Word
בְּרִיַח
Transliteration
briyach
Derivation
Root: ברח First root strongs: 1272
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1280. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H1280 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render briyach, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

bars Exodus 26:26 32× bar Exodus 26:28

How Strong's H1280 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 37 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H1280 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H1280 in the Old Testament

37 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 26:26 KJV

And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

Exodus 26:27 KJV

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.

Exodus 26:28 KJV

And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.

Usage Excerpts

First 37 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1280.

Exodus 26:26 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
Exodus 26:27 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Exodus 26:28 Old Testament, KJV
And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.
Exodus 26:29 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Exodus 35:11 Old Testament, KJV
The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,
Exodus 36:31 Old Testament, KJV
And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
Exodus 36:32 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Exodus 36:33 Old Testament, KJV
And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.
Exodus 36:34 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Exodus 39:33 Old Testament, KJV
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,
Exodus 40:18 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Numbers 3:36 Old Testament, KJV
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,
Numbers 4:31 Old Testament, KJV
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,
Deuteronomy 3:5 Old Testament, KJV
All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
Judges 16:3 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Samuel 23:7 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Kings 4:13 Old Testament, KJV
The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; 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:
2 Chronicles 8:5 Old Testament, KJV
Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
2 Chronicles 14:7 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Nehemiah 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Nehemiah 3:6 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Nehemiah 3:13 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Nehemiah 3:14 Old Testament, KJV
But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
Nehemiah 3:15 Old Testament, KJV
But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, 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.
Job 38:10 Old Testament, KJV
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
Psalms 107:16 Old Testament, KJV
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
Psalms 147:13 Old Testament, KJV
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
Proverbs 18:19 Old Testament, KJV
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Isaiah 15:5 Old Testament, KJV
My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
Isaiah 45:2 Old Testament, KJV
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:
Jeremiah 49:31 Old Testament, KJV
Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
Jeremiah 51:30 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Lamentations 2:9 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Ezekiel 38:11 Old Testament, KJV
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,
Amos 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Jonah 2:6 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Nahum 3:13 Old Testament, KJV
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.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1280, grouped by book.

Exodus 11 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H1280 FAQ

What does beriach (בְּרִיחַ) mean?

Beriach (Strong's H1280) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "bar". briyach (ber-ee'-akh) n-m. 1. a bolt [from H1272]

How many times is beriach (בְּרִיחַ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 37 linked usages for Strong's H1280 across 18 books.

Where can I study beriach (בְּרִיחַ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1280 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate beriach (בְּרִיחַ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as bars and bar. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.