Bar
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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); defenses of a city (1 Kings 4:13). A bar for a door was of iron (Isaiah 45:2), brass (Psalms 107:16), or wood (Nahum 3:13).
Bar (1)
bar (prefix):
Aramaic for the Hebrew בּן, bēn, “son.” Compare Aramaic sections of Ezra and Daniel. In the Old Testament the word is found three times in Proverbs 31:2 and once in Syriac Psalms 2:12 (Hier. translates “pure”). In the New Testament “Bar” is frequently employed as prefix to names of persons. Compare Barabbas; Bar-Jesus; Bar-Jonah; Barnabas; Barsabbas; Bartholomew; Bartimeus. See Ben.
Bar (2)
bar (substantive):
(1) בּריח, berīaḥ = “a bolt” (Exodus 26:26-29; Exodus 35:11; Exodus 36:31-34; Exodus 39:33; Exodus 40:18; Numbers 3:36; Numbers 4:31; Deuteronomy 3:5; Judges 16:3; 1 Samuel 23:7; 1 Kings 4:13; 2 Chronicles 8:5; 2 Chronicles 14:7; Nehemiah 3:3, Nehemiah 3:6, Nehemiah 3:13-15; Job 38:10 “bars and doors” for the sea (the bank or shore of the sea); Psalms 107:16; Psalms 147:13 “the bars of thy gates”: the walls of the city were now rebuilt and its gates only closed and barred by night (see Nehemiah 7:3); Proverbs 18:19, “bars of a castle”; Isaiah 45:2; Jeremiah 49:31; Jeremiah 51:30; Lamentations 2:9; Ezekiel 38:11): meaning “a rock in the sea” (Jonah 2:6).
(2) מוט, mōṭ = “a staff,” “stick,” “pole” (Numbers 4:10, Numbers 4:12 margin); “strong fortification and great impediment” (Isaiah 45:2; Amos 1:5, “the bolt of Damascus”: no need here to render prince, as some do (G. A. Smith in the place cited.)).
(3) בּד, badh = “staff,” “part of body,” “strength” (Job 17:16, “bars of Sheol”: the gates of the world of the dead; compare Isaiah 38:10; some read, “Will the bars of Sheol fall?”).
(4) מטיל, meṭīl = “something hammered out, a (forged) bar” (Job 40:18).
