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Samuel bar Shilat, Rabbi
Samuel bar Abba
Rabba bar Nahmeini
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Convent, bar
Bar-Hebraeus
Bar Convent

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Bar-Jesus

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Bar-Jo'na
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Sway bar
Space bar
Sea-bar
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Bar (1)
Bar (2)
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Aaron ben-Asher, or Aaron bar-Moses
Abgar, bar-Maanu
Antoli, Jacob bar-Samson
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Ak`bar
Bar-Durani
Bar`becue
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Bar Hebræus
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Abba (Ba) bar Zabdai
Abba (Rabba) bar Dudai
Abba bar Abba
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Βαριησοῦς

Used to denote the means by which a door is bolted (Nehemiah 3:3 ); a rock in the sea (Jonah 2:6 ); the shore of the sea (Job 38:10 ); strong fortifications and powerful impediments, etc. (Isaiah 45:2; Amos 1:5 ); defences of a city (1 Kings 4:13 ). A bar for a door was of iron (Isaiah 45:2 ), brass (Psalm 107:16 ), or wood (Nahum 3:13 ).

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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 'Bar'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/b/bar.html. 1897.

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