Bered

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A son of Shuthelah, and grandson of Ephraim ( 1 Chronicles 7:20 ).

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Bered'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/b/bered.html. 1897.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Be'red. (hail).

1. A place in the south of Palestine, near the well Lahairoi.  Genesis 16:14.

2. A son or descendant of Ephraim,  1 Chronicles 7:20, possibly identical with Becher in  Numbers 26:35.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Near Beer-la-hai-roi ( Genesis 16:14). Identified by some with Elusa.

2. Descendant of Ephraim, the same perhaps as Becher. (See Becher.) ( Numbers 26:35;  1 Chronicles 7:20).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Bered . 1 . An unknown place, mentioned but once (  Genesis 16:14 ) as an indication fixing the site of Beer-lahairoi. The identification with Halasah , which has been suggested, is mere guess-work. 2 . See Becher, No. 1 .

R. A. S. Macalister.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Place in the south of Canaan near to which was the well Lahai-roi.  Genesis 16:14 .

2. An Ephraimite, apparently the grandson of Ephraim.  1 Chronicles 7:20 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 16:14 1 Chronicles 7:20 Numbers 26:35

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. id. כֶּרֶד, hail, in pause Ba red, בּ רֶד,  Genesis 16:14; Sept. always Βαράδ ), the name of a place and of a man.

1.' A town in the south of Palestine, between which and Kadesh lay the well Lahai-roi ( Genesis 16:14; comp.  Genesis 16:7). The name is variously given in the ancient versions: Syriac, Gadar [? — Gerar]; Arab. Iared, probably a mere corruption of the Hebrew name; Onkelos, Chagra, חִגְרָא (elsewhere employed in the Targums for "Shur"); Ps. — Jonathan, Chalutsa, חֲלוּצָא i.e. the Elusa, ῎Ελουσα, of Ptolemy and the ecclesiastical writers, now el- Khulasah, on the Hebron road, about 12 miles south of Beersheba (Robinson, 1, 296; Stewart, p. 205; Reland, p. 755). We have the testimony of Jerome (Vita S. Hilarionis) that Elusa was called by its inhabitants Barec, which would be an easy corruption of Bered, ךְ being read for ד . Chaluza is the name elsewhere given in the Arabic version for "shur" and for "Gerar." (See Elusa).

2. A son of Shuthelah and grandson of Ephraim ( 1 Chronicles 7:20); supposed by some to have been identical with Becher in  Numbers 26:35, by a mere change of letters ( בכר for ברד ), but with little probability from the context. B.C. post 1856.