Birsha in the Bible — Hidden Meaning & Symbolism

Birsha, bir'-shå (Heb.)-- son of wickedness; son of impiety; son of godlessness; full of wickedness; fat with evil. King of Gomorrah in Abraham's time (Gen. 14:2). Meta. Gomorrah means material force, tyranny, oppression; it signifies a state of mind that is adverse to the law of Spirit. This state of mind has to do with the submerged or hidden, subconscious, sensual phase of man's life. Birsha is the ruling thought in this error state of consciousness in the individual (son of wickedness, son of godlessness fat with evil, full of wickedness).