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בְּרִיחַ H1280
H1280 is the Hebrew word בְּרִיחַ, transliterated bᵉrîyach and said ber-ee'-akh. The King James Version most often renders it bars.
What it means
a bolt.
Where it comes from
from H1272 (בָּרַח).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 37 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: bar, fugitive.
Verses using בְּרִיחַ
All 33 verses, quoted in full.
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.
Exodus 26:29 · 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 · KJV
The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,
Exodus 36:31 · KJV
And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
Exodus 36:32 · 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 · KJV
And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.
Exodus 36:34 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · KJV
All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
Judges 16:3 · 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 · 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 · 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 · KJV
Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
2 Chronicles 14:7 · 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 3:13 · 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 3:15 · 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 · KJV
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
Psalm 107:16 · KJV
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
Psalm 147:13 · KJV
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
Proverbs 18:19 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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.
Common questions
What does Strong's H1280 mean?
H1280 is the Hebrew word בְּרִיחַ (bᵉrîyach), meaning a bolt.
How is H1280 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it bars (27 times), bar (3 times), thereof and the bars (2 times), like the bars (1 time), fugitives (1 time), among others.
How many times does H1280 appear in the Bible?
בְּרִיחַ (bᵉrîyach) is tagged in 33 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1280 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H1272 (בָּרַח).
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