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Birsha

בִּרְשַׁעStrong’s H1306

birsah (bir-sah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Birsah is the Hebrew word usually translated “birsha”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.”
Genesis 14:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.14.2
How it's translated
  • birsha 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 1

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    בִּרְשַׁע birsah · Birsha

    A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.14.2 § Birsha = "with iniquity" a king of Gomorrah

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.