Berachah

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The origin of the name Berachah is Hebrew
This is how Berachah is written in Hebrew:This is how it is pronounced now.
בְּרָכָה ber-aw-kaw
The biblical meaning of the name Berachah is:
According to:Meaning:
Strongblessing
Gesenius” A blessing, benediction, invocation of good, ”
Hitchcock“blessing; bending the knee”

In The Bible:
Berachah was

1. A valley not far from Enged

2. One of the Benjamite warriors,


The name Berachah appears in the bible in the following verses:

1Ch 12:3 KJV
The chief [was] Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,

2Ch 20:26 KJV
And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.