Dictionaries :: Breach

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Breach:

an opening in a wall (1Ki 11:27; 2Ki 12:5); the fracture of a limb (Lev 24:20), and hence the expression, "Heal, etc." (Psa 60:2). Jdg 5:17, a bay or harbour; R.V., "by his creeks."

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Breach:

brech: Represented by

(1) perets =" a tear," "a rending asunder," "a break," hence, figuratively "enmity," "disruption," "strife" (Ge 38:29; Jud 21:15; 2Sa 5:20; 1Ch 15:13; Ne 6:1; Job 16:14; Ps 106:23; Isa 30:13; 58:12);

(2) shebher =" fracture," "affliction," "bruise," "destruction" (Le 24:20; Jer 14:17; La 2:13; Ps 60:2);

(3) bedheq =" a gap" or "leak" (in a building or ship) occurring in 2Ki 12:5-8,12; 22:5;

(4) tenu'ah =" alienation," "breach of promise" (Nu 14:34 the King James Version);

(5) miphrats =" a break" (in the shore), and hence, "a haven" (Jud 5:17, the Revised Version (British and American) "creeks").

Written by Frank E. Hirsch