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(properly בְּיַיחִ, beri'ach) chiefly occurs in the following senses: that whereby a door is bolted and made fast (Nehemiah 3:3); a narrow cross-board or rafter wherewith to fasten other boards (Exodus 26:26); a rock in the sea (Jonah 2:6); the bank or shore of the sea, which, as a bar, shuts up its waves in their own place (Job 38:10); strong fortifications and powerful impediments are called bars, or bars of iron (Isaiah 45:2; Amos 1:5). (See DOOR).

another name of the Chaldsean god Bilgi.

(See CORN).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Bar'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​b/bar.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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