Strong's Definition
of uncertain derivation; (only in the plural and with the article) the Berites, a place in Palestine
KJV Usage: Berites
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
בֵּרִים (be.ri) — Bichrites. People descended from Beri, a man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.20.1; father of: Sheba (H7652A) Group of bikh.ri (בִּכְרִי "Bichri" H1075) § Berites = "my well: of the well" a tribe who are named with Abel and Beth-maachah, and who were therefore doubtless situated in the north of Palestine
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Names of Groups
Bichrites = meaning unsure, possibly to be read as בכרים: = clan of which Sheba the son of Bichri was a member
1 2SA 20:14 RSV NJB NRSV REB ESV "Bichrites" GNT "Bikri" | MT NIV "Berites" | NJPS "Beerites" | LXX "Χαρρι" | HOTTP-D VUL "electi" CEV "best" = בָּחוּר
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
בֵּרִים 2 S 20:14 obscure ref