Strong H1306בִּרְשַׁע
Birsha
- Transliteration
- birsha‛
- Pronunciation
- beer-shah'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Probably from H7562 with prepositional prefix;
with wickedness;
{Birsha} a king of Gomorrah: - Birsha.
with wickedness;
{Birsha} a king of Gomorrah: - Birsha.
Meaning of the name
Birsha = "with iniquity"
Detailed definition
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.14.2
In the biblical story
Birsha
King of Gomorrah during Abraham's time
Birsha was the king of Gomorrah when Chedorlaomer and his allies invaded the region.
In the Bible
Strong H1306 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- birsha1
First verses
- Genesis 14:2That 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.