HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1306
בִּרְשַׁע
bir.sah — Birsha
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.14.2 § Birsha = "with iniquity" a king of Gomorrah
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Birsha
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Son of wickedness, a king of Gomorrah whom Abraham succoured in the invasion of Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:2).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.