H1281: בָּרִיחַ
bârîyach · pronounced baw-ree'-akh · “fleeing”
Definition
a fugitive, i.e. the serpent (as fleeing), and the constellation by that name
KJV translates it as: crooked, noble, piercing.
Word origin: or בָּרִחַ; (shortened) from H1272 (בָּרַח);
Extended definition
1) fleeing
subst
2) fugitive
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H1281 is translated
- fleeing ×2
- its ×1
- as fugitives ×1
Bible verses with H1281 (bârîyach)
Bârîyach appears in 4 verses.
- Job 26:13
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
- Isaiah 15:5
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 27:1
In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
- Isaiah 43:14
Thus saith the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.