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Lexicon :: Strong's H1254 - bārā'

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בָּרָא
Transliteration
bārā'
Pronunciation
baw-raw'
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 278

Strong’s Definitions

בָּרָא bârâʼ, baw-raw'; a primitive root; (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes):—choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

The KJV translates Strong's H1254 in the following manner: create (42x), creator (3x), choose (2x), make (2x), cut down (2x), dispatch (1x), done (1x), make fat (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x
The KJV translates Strong's H1254 in the following manner: create (42x), creator (3x), choose (2x), make (2x), cut down (2x), dispatch (1x), done (1x), make fat (1x).

  1. to create, shape, form

    1. (Qal) to shape, fashion, create (always with God as subject)

      1. of heaven and earth

      2. of individual man

      3. of new conditions and circumstances

      4. of transformations

    2. (Niphal) to be created

      1. of heaven and earth

      2. of birth

      3. of something new

      4. of miracles

    3. (Piel)

      1. to cut down

      2. to cut out

  2. to be fat

    1. (Hiphil) to make yourselves fat

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּרָא bârâʼ, baw-raw'; a primitive root; (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes):—choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).
STRONGS H1254: Abbreviations
† I. בָּרָא 53 verb shape, create (compare Arabic بَرِئَ probably loan-word, form, fashion by cutting, shape out, pare a reed for writing, a stick for an arrow, but also بَرِأَ, create; Phoenician הברא CISi. 347 incisor, a trade involving cutting; Assyrian barû, make, create, COTGloss & Hpt KAT2 Gloss 1 but dubious; Sabean ברא found, build, DHMZMG 1883, 413, synonym בנה; BaZA. 1888, 58, compare Assyrian banû, create, beget, with change of liquid; Aramaic בְּרָא, axrb, create) —
Qal Perfect Genesis 1:1 + 19 times; Imperfect יִבְרָא Genesis 1:21, 27; Numbers 16:30; Infinitive בְּראֹ Genesis 5:1; Imperative בְּרָא Psalm 51:12; Participle בּוֺרֵא Isaiah 42:5 + 10 times; suffix בֹּרַאֲךָ Isaiah 43:1; בּוֺרְאֶיךָ Ecclesiastes 12:1; — shape, fashion, create, always of divine activity, with accusative of thing, seldom except in P and Isa2.
1. object heaven and earth Genesis 1:1; Genesis 2:3 (P) Isaiah 45:18 (twice in verse); mankind Genesis 1:27 (3 times in verse); Genesis 5:1, 2(P) Genesis 6:7 (J) Deuteronomy 4:32; Psalm 89:48; Isaiah 45:12; the host of heaven Isaiah 40:26; heavens Isaiah 42:5; ends of the earth Isaiah 40:28; north and south Psalm 89:13; wind Amos 4:13; the תנינים Genesis 1:21 (P).
2. the individual man Malachi 2:10 (|| father) Ecclesiastes 12:1; the smith and the waster Isaiah 54:16 (twice in verse); Israel as a nation Isaiah 43:15; Jacob Isaiah 43:1; the seed of Israel Isaiah 43:7.
3. new conditions and circumstances: righteousness and salvation Isaiah 45:8; darkness and evil Isaiah 45:7; fruit of the lips Isaiah 57:19; a new thing חֲדָשָׁה (a woman encompassing a man) Jeremiah 31:22; בְּרִיאָה (swallowing up the Korahites) Numbers 16:30 (J); cloud and flame over Zion Isaiah 4:5.
4. of transformations: a clean heart Psalm 51:12 (|| חִדֵּשׁ); new heaven and earth Isaiah 65:17 (in place of old); transformation of nature Isaiah 41:20; with double accusative בורא ירושׁלם גילה transform Jerusalem into rejoicing Isaiah 65:18.
Niph. Perfect 2nd person feminine singular נִבְרֵאתְ Ezekiel 21:35; 3rd person plural נִבְרְאוּ Exodus 34:10 + 2 times; Imperfect יִבָּרֵא֑וּן Psalm 104:30; Infinitive suffix הִבָּרַאֲךָ Ezekiel 28:13; הִבָּֽרְאָךְ Ezekiel 28:15; הִבָּֽרְאָם Genesis 2:4; Genesis 5:2; Participle נִבְרָא Psalm 102:19; — Pass.
1. be created: heaven and earth Genesis 2:4 (P); creatures Psalm 104:30; mankind Genesis 5:2 (P); heavens Psalm 148:5.
2. with reference to birth: במקום אשׁר נבראת in the place where thou wast created (i.e. native land) Ezekiel 21:35; יום הבראך day when thou wast created (king of Tyre) Ezekiel 28:13, 15 (compare היום ילדתיך Psalm 2:7); עַם נִבְרָא Psalm 102:19 (|| עַם נוֺלָד Psalm 22:32).
3. of something new, astonishing: miracles Exodus 34:10 (J); new things, חדשׁות Isaiah 48:6.
Pi. Perfect בֵּרֵאתָ Joshua 17:15; בֵּרֵאתוֺ Joshua 17:18; Infinitive absolute בָּרֵא Ezekiel 21:24 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 23:47; —
1. cut down: a forest Joshua 17:15, 18 (J); וּבָרֵא אוֺתְהֶן בְּחַרְבוֺתָם Ezekiel 23:47.
2. cut out: יָד hand, as an index Ezekiel 21:24 (twice in verse).

† II. [בָּרָא] verb be fat (Arabic بَرِئَ be free of a thing, sound, healthy; see מרא) —
Hiph. Infinitive לְהַבְרִיאֲכֶם 1 Samuel 2:29 to make yourselves fat.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:1; 1:1; 1:21; 1:21; 1:27; 1:27; 2:3; 2:4; 2:4; 5:1; 5:1; 5:2; 5:2; 5:2; 6:7

Exodus

34:10; 34:10

Numbers

16:30; 16:30

Deuteronomy

4:32

Joshua

17:15; 17:15; 17:18; 17:18

1 Samuel

2:29

Psalms

2:7; 51:12; 51:12; 89:13; 89:48; 102:19; 102:19; 104:30; 104:30; 148:5

Ecclesiastes

12:1; 12:1

Isaiah

4:5; 40:26; 40:28; 41:20; 42:5; 42:5; 43:1; 43:1; 43:7; 43:15; 45:7; 45:8; 45:12; 45:18; 48:6; 54:16; 57:19; 65:17; 65:18

Jeremiah

31:22

Ezekiel

21:24; 21:24; 23:47; 23:47; 28:13; 28:13; 28:15; 28:15

Amos

4:13

Malachi

2:10