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•BAREFOOT To go barefoot was a sign of great distress (Isaiah 20:2, 3, 4), or of some great calamity having fallen on a person (2 Samuel 15:30).‌‌‌‌‌

•BARIAH fugitive, one of Shemaiah’s five sons. Their father is counted along with them in 1 Chronicles 3:22.

•BAR-JESUS son of Joshua, the patronymic of Elymas the sorcerer (Acts 13:6), who met Paul and Barnabas at Paphos. Elymas is a word of Arabic origin meaning “wise.”

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