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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
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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

H1254

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:1 - In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21 - So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27 - So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:3 - Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:4 - This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:1 - This is the written account of Adam’s family line. When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 - He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind”[fn] when they were created.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 - So the LORD said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10 - Then the LORD said: “I am making a covenant with you. Before all your people I will do wonders never before done in any nation in all the world. The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the LORD, will do for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - But if the LORD brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:32 - Ask now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:15 - “If you are so numerous,” Joshua answered, “and if the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go up into the forest and clear land for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:18 - but the forested hill country as well. Clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours; though the Canaanites have chariots fitted with iron and though they are strong, you can drive them out.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - Why do you[fn] scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:10 - Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12 - You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47 - Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18 - Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:30 - When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:5 - Let them praise the name of the LORD, for at his command they were created,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:1 - Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”—

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5 - Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over everything the glory[fn] will be a canopy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:26 - Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 - Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:20 - so that people may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:5 - This is what God the LORD says— the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out, who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:1 - But now, this is what the LORD says— he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:7 - everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:15 - I am the LORD, your Holy One, Israel’s Creator, your King.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:7 - I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the LORD, do all these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8 - “You heavens above, rain down my righteousness; let the clouds shower it down. Let the earth open wide, let salvation spring up, let righteousness flourish with it; I, the LORD, have created it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:12 - It is I who made the earth and created mankind on it. My own hands stretched out the heavens; I marshaled their starry hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:18 - For this is what the LORD says— he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited— he says: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:7 - They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot say, ‘Yes, I knew of them.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 - “See, it is I who created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its work. And it is I who have created the destroyer to wreak havoc;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:19 - creating praise on their lips. Peace, peace, to those far and near,” says the LORD. “And I will heal them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:17 - “See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:18 - But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - How long will you wander, unfaithful Daughter Israel? The LORD will create a new thing on earth— the woman will return to[fn] the man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:19 - “Son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same country. Make a signpost where the road branches off to the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:30 - “ ‘Let the sword return to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your ancestry, I will judge you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:47 - The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 - You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: carnelian, chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.[fn] Your settings and mountings[fn] were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:15 - You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13 - He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind, and who reveals his thoughts to mankind, who turns dawn to darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth— the LORD God Almighty is his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:10 - Do we not all have one Father[fn]? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our ancestors by being unfaithful to one another?
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