Strong’s H1281 · Hebrew
בָּרִיחַ
bârîyach · baw-ree'-akh
Origin or בָּרִחַ; (shortened) from בָּרַח (H1272);
Meaning a fugitive, i.e. the serpent (as fleeing), and the constellation by that name
In the King James Version crooked, noble, piercing.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Job 26:13By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
- Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
- Isaiah 43:14Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.