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Lexicon :: Strong's H1254 - bārā'

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בָּרָא
Transliteration
bārā'
Pronunciation
baw-raw'
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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 [Psalm 51:10] (|| 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; 51:10; 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1254 matches the Hebrew בָּרָא (bārā'),
which occurs 54 times in 46 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:1 - In the beginning H7225 God H430 created H1254 the heaven H8064 and H853 the earth. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21 - And H1254 God H430 created  H1254 great H1419 whales, H8577 and H853 every H3605 living H2416 creature H5315 that moveth, H7430 which H834 the waters H4325 brought forth abundantly, H8317 after their kind, H4327 and H853 every H3605 winged H3671 fowl H5775 after his kind: H4327 and H7200 God H430 saw H7200 that H3588 it was good. H2896
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27 - So H1254 God H430 created  H1254 man H120 in his own image, H6754 in the image H6754 of God H430 created he H1254 him; H853 male H2145 and female H5347 created he H1254 them. H853
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:3 - And H1288 God H430 blessed H1288 the seventh H7637 day, H3117 and sanctified H6942 it: H853 because that H3588 in it he had rested H7673 from all H3605 his work H4399 which H834 God H430 created H1254 and made. H6213
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:4 - These H428 are the generations H8435 of the heavens H8064 and of the earth H776 when they were created, H1254 in the day H3117 that H6213 the LORD H3068 God H430 made H6213 the earth H776 and the heavens, H8064
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:1 - This H2088 is the book H5612 of the generations H8435 of Adam. H121 In the day H3117 that H1254 God H430 created  H1254 man, H120 in the likeness H1823 of God H430 made he H6213 him; H853
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 - Male H2145 and female H5347 created he them; H1254 and blessed H1288 them, H853 and called H7121 their name H8034 Adam, H120 in the day H3117 when they were created. H1254
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 - And H559 the LORD H3068 said, H559 I will destroy H4229 man H120 whom H834 I have created H1254 from H5921 the face H6440 of the earth; H127 both man, H120 and H5704 beast, H929 and H5704 the creeping thing, H7431 and H5704 the fowls H5775 of the air; H8064 for H3588 it repenteth me H5162 that H3588 I have made them. H6213
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10 - And he said, H559 Behold, H2009 I H595 make H3772 a covenant: H1285 before H5048 all H3605 thy people H5971 I will do H6213 marvels, H6381 such as H834 have H1254 not H3808 been done  H1254 in all H3605 the earth, H776 nor in any H3605 nation: H1471 and H7200 all H3605 the people H5971 among H7130 which H834 thou H859 art shall see H7200 the work H4639 of the LORD: H3068 for H3588 it H1931 is a terrible thing H3372 that H834 I H589 will do H6213 with thee. H5973
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - But if H518 the LORD H3068 make H1254 a new thing, H1278 and H6475 the earth H127 open H6475 her mouth, H6310 and swallow H1104 them H853 up, H1104 with H853 all H3605 that H834 appertain unto them, and they go down H3381 quick H2416 into the pit; H7585 then ye shall understand H3045 that H3588 these H428 men H376 have provoked H5006 the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:32 - For H3588 ask H7592 now H4994 of the days H3117 that are past, H7223 which H834 were H1961 before thee, H6440 since H4480 the day H3117 that H834 God H430 created H1254 man H120 upon H5921 the earth, H776 and ask from the one side H7097 of heaven H8064 unto H5704 the other, H7097 whether there hath been H1961 any such thing as H1697 this H2088 great H1419 thing H1697 is, or H176 hath been heard H8085 like it? H3644
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:15 - And H559 Joshua H3091 answered H559 them, H413 If H518 thou H859 be a H5971 great H7227 people, H5971 then get H5927 thee up H5927 to the wood H3293 country, and cut down H1254 for thyself there H8033 in the land H776 of the Perizzites H6522 and of the giants, H7497 if H3588 mount H2022 Ephraim H669 be too narrow H213 for thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:18 - But H3588 the mountain H2022 shall be H1961 thine; for H3588 it H1931 is a wood, H3293 and thou shalt cut it down: H1254 and H1961 the outgoings of it H8444 shall be H1961 thine: for H3588 thou shalt drive out H3423 the Canaanites, H3669 though H3588 they have iron H1270 chariots, H7393 and though H3588 they H1931 be strong. H2389
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - Wherefore H4100 kick ye H1163 at my sacrifice H2077 and at mine offering, H4503 which H834 I have commanded H6680 in my habitation; H4583 and honourest H3513 thy sons H1121 above me, H4480 to make yourselves fat H1254 with the chiefest H7225 of all H3605 the offerings H4503 of Israel H3478 my people? H5971
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:10 - Create H1254 in me H589 a H3820 clean H2889 heart, H3820 O God; H430 and H7307 renew H2318 a H7307 right H3559 spirit H7307 within me. H7130
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12 - The north H6828 and the south H3225 thou H859 hast created them: H1254 Tabor H8396 and Hermon H2768 shall rejoice H7442 in thy name. H8034
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47 - Remember H2142 how H4100 short H2465 my H589 time is: H2465 wherefore H5921 H4100 hast thou made H1254 all H3605 men H1121 H120 in vain? H7723
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18 - This H2063 shall be written H3789 for the generation H1755 to come: H314 and the people H5971 which shall be created H1254 shall praise H1984 the LORD. H3050
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:30 - Thou sendest forth H7971 thy spirit, H7307 they are created: H1254 and thou renewest H2318 the face H6440 of the earth. H127
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:5 - Let them praise H1984 the name H8034 of the LORD: H3068 for H3588 he H1931 commanded, H6680 and they were created. H1254
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:1 - Remember now H2142 thy Creator H1254 in the days H3117 of thy youth, H979 while H5704 the evil H7451 days H3117 come H935 not, H3808 nor H5060 the years H8141 draw nigh, H5060 when H834 thou shalt say, H559 I H589 have H2656 no H369 pleasure H2656 in them;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5 - And H1254 the LORD H3068 will create  H1254 upon H5921 every H3605 dwelling place H4349 of mount H2022 Zion, H6726 and upon H5921 her assemblies, H4744 a cloud H6051 and smoke H6227 by day, H3119 and the shining H5051 of a H784 flaming H3852 fire H784 by night: H3915 for H3588 upon H5921 all H3605 the glory H3519 shall be a defence. H2646
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:26 - Lift up H5375 your eyes H5869 on high, H4791 and behold H7200 who H4310 hath created H1254 these H428 things, that bringeth out H3318 their host H6635 by number: H4557 he calleth H7121 them all H3605 by names H8034 by the greatness H7230 of his might, H202 for that H533 he is strong H533 in power; H3581 not H3808 one H376 faileth. H5737
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 - Hast thou H3045 not H3808 known? H3045 hast thou H8085 not H3808 heard, H8085 that the H430 everlasting H5769 God, H430 the LORD, H3068 the Creator H1254 of the ends H7098 of the earth, H776 fainteth H3286 not, H3808 neither H3808 is weary? H3021 there is no H369 searching H2714 of his understanding. H8394
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:20 - That H4616 they may see, H7200 and know, H3045 and consider, H7760 and understand H7919 together, H3162 that H3588 the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 hath done H6213 this, H2063 and the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 hath created it. H1254
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:5 - Thus H3541 saith H559 God the H410 LORD, H3068 he that created H1254 the heavens, H8064 and stretched them out; H5186 he that spread forth H7554 the earth, H776 and that which cometh out of it; H6631 he that giveth H5414 breath H5397 unto the people H5971 upon it, H5921 and spirit H7307 to them that walk H1980 therein:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:1 - But now H6258 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 that created thee, H1254 O Jacob, H3290 and he that formed thee, H3335 O Israel, H3478 Fear H3372 not: H408 for H3588 I have redeemed thee, H1350 I have called H7121 thee by thy name; H8034 thou H859 art mine. H589
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:7 - Even every one H3605 that is called H7121 by my name: H8034 for H3519 I have created him H1254 for my glory, H3519 I have formed him; H3335 yea, H637 I have made him. H6213
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:15 - I H589 am the LORD, H3068 your Holy One, H6918 the creator H1254 of Israel, H3478 your King. H4428
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:7 - I form H3335 the light, H216 and create H1254 darkness: H2822 I make H6213 peace, H7965 and create H1254 evil: H7451 I H589 the LORD H3068 do H6213 all H3605 these H428 things.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8 - Drop down, H7491 ye heavens, H8064 from above, H4605 and H7834 let H5140 the skies H7834 pour down H5140 righteousness: H6664 let H6605 the earth H776 open, H6605 and let them bring forth H6509 salvation, H3468 and H6666 let H6779 righteousness H6666 spring up H6779 together; H3162 I H589 the LORD H3068 have created it. H1254
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:12 - I H595 have made H6213 the earth, H776 and H120 created H1254 man H120 upon it: H5921 I, H589 even my hands, H3027 have stretched out H5186 the heavens, H8064 and all H3605 their host H6635 have I commanded. H6680
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:18 - For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 that created H1254 the heavens; H8064 God H430 himself H1931 that formed H3335 the earth H776 and made it; H6213 he H1931 hath established it, H3559 he created it H1254 not H3808 in vain, H8414 he formed it H3335 to be inhabited: H3427 I H589 am the LORD; H3068 and H369 there is none H369 else. H5750
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:7 - They are created H1254 now, H6258 and not H3808 from the beginning; H227 even before H6440 the day H3117 when H3808 thou heardest them H8085 not; H3808 lest H6435 thou shouldest say, H559 Behold, H2009 I knew them. H3045
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 - Behold, H2005 I H595 have created H1254 the smith H2796 that bloweth H5301 the coals H6352 in the fire, H784 and that bringeth forth H3318 an instrument H3627 for his work; H4639 and I H595 have created H1254 the waster H7843 to destroy. H2254
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:19 - I create H1254 the fruit H5108 of the lips; H8193 Peace, H7965 peace H7965 to him that is far off, H7350 and to him that is near, H7138 saith H559 the LORD; H3068 and I will heal him. H7495
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:17 - For, H3588 behold, H2005 I create H1254 new H2319 heavens H8064 and a H776 new H2319 earth: H776 and H3808 the former H7223 shall H2142 not H3808 be remembered, H2142 nor H3808 come H5927 into H5921 mind. H3820
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:18 - But H3588 H518 be ye glad H7797 and rejoice H1523 for ever H5704 H5703 in that which H834 I H589 create: H1254 for, H3588 behold, H2005 I create H1254 Jerusalem H3389 a rejoicing, H1525 and her people H5971 a joy. H4885
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - How H4970 long H5704 wilt thou go about, H2559 O thou H1323 backsliding H7728 daughter? H1323 for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath created H1254 a new thing H2319 in the earth, H776 A woman H5347 shall compass H5437 a man. H1397
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:19 - Also, thou H859 son H1121 of man, H120 appoint H7760 thee two H8147 ways, H1870 that H935 the sword H2719 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894 may come: H935 both twain H8147 shall come forth H3318 out of H776 one H259 land: H776 and H3027 choose thou H1254 a place, H3027 choose H1254 it at the head H7218 of the way H1870 to the city. H5892
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:30 - Shall I cause it to return H7725 into H413 his sheath? H8593 I will judge H8199 thee H853 in the place H4725 where H834 thou wast created, H1254 in the land H776 of thy nativity. H4351
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:47 - And H7275 the company H6951 shall stone H7275 them H5921 with stones, H68 and dispatch H1254 them H853 with their swords; H2719 they shall slay H2026 their sons H1121 and their daughters, H1323 and H1004 burn up H8313 their houses H1004 with fire. H784
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 - Thou hast been H1961 in Eden H5731 the garden H1588 of God; H430 every H3605 precious H3368 stone H68 was thy covering, H4540 the sardius, H124 topaz, H6357 and the diamond, H3095 the beryl, H8658 the onyx, H7718 and the jasper, H3471 the sapphire, H5601 the emerald, H5306 and the carbuncle, H1304 and gold: H2091 the workmanship H4399 of thy tabrets H8596 and of thy pipes H5345 was prepared H3559 in thee in the day H3117 that thou wast created. H1254
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:15 - Thou H859 wast perfect H8549 in thy ways H1870 from the day H3117 that thou wast created, H1254 till H5704 iniquity H5766 was found H4672 in thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13 - For, H3588 lo, H2009 he that formeth H3335 the mountains, H2022 and createth H1254 the wind, H7307 and declareth H5046 unto man H120 what H4100 is his thought, H7808 that maketh H6213 the morning H7837 darkness, H5890 and treadeth H1869 upon H5921 the high places H1116 of the earth, H776 The LORD, H3068 The God H430 of hosts, H6635 is his name. H8034
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:10 - Have we not H3808 all H3605 one H259 father? H1 hath not H3808 one H259 God H410 created us? H1254 why H4069 do we deal treacherously H898 every man H376 against his brother, H251 by profaning H2490 the covenant H1285 of our fathers? H1
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