BERIAH

Beriah: translation

   A gift, or in evil.

   1) One of Asher's four sons, and father of Heber (Gen. 46:17).

   2) A son of Ephraim (1 Chr. 7:20-23), born after the slaughter of his brothers, and so called by his father "because it went evil with his house" at that time.

   3) A Benjamite who with his brother Shema founded Ajalon and expelled the Gittites (1 Chr. 8:13).