Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #1281 - בָּרִיחַ bariach (fleeing)

Original Word:	בָּרִיחַ
Transliteration:	bariach
Definition:	fleeing
Part of Speech:	Adjective
Phonetic Spelling:	(baw-ree'-akh)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

crooked, noble, piercing

Or (shortened) bariach {baw-ree'-akh}; from barach; a fugitive, i.e. The serpent (as fleeing), and the constellation by that name -- crooked, noble, piercing.

see HEBREW barach

Englishman's Concordance

1) fleeing (adjective)
2) fugitive (substantive)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H1272
Same Word by TWOT Number: 284a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [בָּרִיחַ] adjectivefleeing (=בַּרִּיחַ ֗֗֗ ) נָחָשׁ בִָּרחַ׃Job 26:13 of eclipse-dragon, לִוְיָתָן נָחָשׁ בָרִחַIsaiah 27:1 (probably figurative of Assyrians); as substantive בָּרִיחִיםIsaiah 43:14as fugitives (for other views compare Comm.); so probably also Isaiah 15:5בריחיה, see בְּרִיחַ.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 1281. בָּרִ֫יחַ (bariach) — 3 Occurrences

Job 26:13
HEB:יָ֝ד֗וֹ נָחָ֥שׁ בָּרִֽיחַ׃
NAS: has pierced the fleeing serpent.
KJV: hath formed the crooked serpent.
INT: his hand serpent the fleeing

Isaiah 27:1
HEB:לִוְיָתָן֙ נָחָ֣שׁ בָּרִ֔חַ וְעַל֙ לִוְיָתָ֔ן
NAS: Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
KJV: leviathan the piercing serpent,
INT: Leviathan serpent the fleeing Even Leviathan

Isaiah 43:14
HEB:בָבֶ֗לָה וְהוֹרַדְתִּ֤י בָֽרִיחִים֙ כֻּלָּ֔ם וְכַשְׂדִּ֖ים
NAS: down as fugitives, Even the Chaldeans,
KJV: and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans,
INT: to Babylon and will bring fugitives all the Chaldeans

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