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Briar

Pronounced BRY-er

girl

Not found in the KJV text — No — the name Briar does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Thorny shrub; Wild rose", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Briar.

Meaning: "Thorny shrub; Wild rose"
Origin: English

Briar connects to the burning bush — a thorny shrub ablaze with God's presence yet not consumed. Beauty and thorns coexist in Scripture: the rose grows among thorns, and Christ wore a crown of them. Briar speaks of beauty forged through suffering.

Spiritual meaning

Briar is the burning bush — beauty that survives fire, faith that endures thorns, God's presence in the most unlikely places.

Related verses (KJV)

"And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed."
Exodus 3:2 (KJV) →
"As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters."
Song of Solomon 2:2 (KJV) →

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