Bible Names

Beriah: meaning of the name

Beriah means “in fellowship; in envy.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Beriah in Hebrew and Greek

בְּרִיעָה H1283

Bᵉrîyʻâh (ber-ee'-aw) — Beriah, the name of four Israelites

apparently from the feminine of H7451 (רַע) with a prepositional prefix; in trouble;

People named Beriah in the Bible

Beriah in Scripture

“Beriah” appears in 10 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 46:17

    And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

  • Numbers 26:44

    Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.

  • Numbers 26:45

    Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:23

    And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:30

    The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:31

    And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.

  • 1 Chronicles 8:13

    Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:

  • 1 Chronicles 8:16

    And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;