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    Beriah

    beh-RY-uh

    Hebrew
    Boy
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    In trouble; In fellowship
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Beriah appears in the King James Bible, including 1 Chronicles 7:23.
    First appears in
    Genesis — The patriarchs
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Beriah shows that children born in seasons of trouble can become bearers of hope — God writes redemption stories from painful beginnings.
    King James verses
    • 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."

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