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Lexicon :: Strong's H1290 - bereḵ

Aa
בֶּרֶךְ
Transliteration
bereḵ
Pronunciation
beh'-rek
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 285a

Strong’s Definitions

בֶּרֶךְ berek, beh'-rek; from H1288; a knee:—knee.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H1290 in the following manner: knee (25x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H1290 in the following manner: knee (25x).

  1. knee

  2. weak from fear (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֶּרֶךְ berek, beh'-rek; from H1288; a knee:—knee.
STRONGS H1290: Abbreviations
† בֶּ֫רֶךְ noun feminineIsaiah 45:23 knee (Assyrian birku COTGloss; Ethiopic bdb013901 Aramaic בֶּרֶךְ bdb013902) Isaiah 45:23; dual בִּרְכַּיִם Job 3:12 + 10 times; suffix בִּרְכַּי etc. Genesis 30:3 + 11 times; — knee, knees: מים ברכים water reaching to the knees Ezekiel 47:4; וַתְּנִיעֵנִי על ברכי Daniel 10:10; יַכְּכָה בשׁחין רע על הברכים Deuteronomy 28:35; כרע על ברכים kneel on knees in worship 1 Kings 8:54; Ezra 9:5 compare Isaiah 45:23; 1 Kings 19:18; 2 Chronicles 6:13, in entreaty 2 Kings 1:13, to drink of a fountain Judges 7:5, 6; שׂם פניו בין ברכיו put his face between his knees in prayer 1 Kings 18:42; על ברכים upon the knees, Genesis 30:3 (E; on תֵּלֵד עַל ב׳ see PlossDas Weib Aufi. 2. ii. 180 ff. StaZAW 1886, 143 ff.) Genesis 50:23 (E) Job 3:12; Judges 16:10; 2 Kings 4:20; Isaiah 66:12; הוציא מעם ברכים Genesis 48:12 (E); knees as seat of strength, weak from terror Job 4:4; Isaiah 35:3; Ezekiel 7:17; Ezekiel 21:12; Nahum 2:11; or fasting Psalm 109:24.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:3; 30:3; 48:12; 50:23

Deuteronomy

28:35

Judges

7:5; 7:6; 16:10

1 Kings

8:54; 18:42; 19:18

2 Kings

1:13; 4:20

2 Chronicles

6:13

Ezra

9:5

Job

3:12; 3:12; 4:4

Psalms

109:24

Isaiah

35:3; 45:23; 45:23; 45:23; 66:12

Ezekiel

7:17; 21:12; 47:4

Daniel

10:10

Nahum

2:11

H1290

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1290 matches the Hebrew בֶּרֶךְ (bereḵ),
which occurs 26 times in 25 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3 - Then she said, Here is my servant Bilhah, go in to her, so that she may have a child on my knees, and I may have a family by her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:12 - Then Joseph took them from between his knees, and went down on his face to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:23 - And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: and the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, came to birth on Joseph's knees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:35 - The Lord will send a skin disease, attacking your knees and your legs, bursting out from your feet to the top of your head, so that nothing will make you well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - So he took the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gideon, Put on one side by themselves all those drinking up the water with their tongues like a dog; and in the same way, all those who go down on their knees to the water while drinking.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - Now the number of those who took up the water with their tongues was three hundred; all the rest of the people went down on their knees to the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - And she made him go to sleep on her knees; and she sent for a man and had his seven twists of hair cut off; and while it was being done he became feeble and his strength went from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:54 - Then Solomon, after making all these prayers and requests for grace to the Lord, got up from his knees before the altar of the Lord, where his hands had been stretched out in prayer to heaven;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42 - So Ahab went up to have food and drink, while Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he went down on the earth, putting his face between his knees.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - But I will keep safe seven thousand in Israel, all those whose knees have not been bent to Baal, and whose mouths have given him no kisses.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:13 - Then he sent a third captain of fifty with his fifty men; and the third captain of fifty went up, and falling on his knees before Elijah, requesting mercy of him, said, O man of God, let my life and the life of these your fifty servants be of value to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20 - And he took him in to his mother, and she took him on her knees and kept him there till the middle of the day, when his life went from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13 - (For Solomon had made a brass stage, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the middle of the open space; on this he took his place and went down on his knees before all the meeting of Israel, stretching out his hands to heaven.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5 - And at the evening offering, having made myself low before God, I got up, and with signs of grief, falling down on my knees, with my hands stretched out to the Lord my God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12 - Why did the knees take me, or why the breasts that they might give me milk?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:4 - He who was near to falling has been lifted up by your words, and you have given strength to bent knees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24 - My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:3 - Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:23 - By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12 - For the Lord says, See, I will make her peace like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream, and she will take her children in her arms, gently caring for them on her knees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:17 - All hands will be feeble and all knees without strength, like water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:7 - And when they say to you, Why are you making sounds of grief? then say, Because of the news, for it is coming: and every heart will become soft, and all hands will be feeble, and every spirit will be burning low, and all knees will be turned to water: see, it is coming and it will be done, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:4 - And again, measuring a thousand cubits, he made me go through the waters which came up to my knees. Again, measuring a thousand, he made me go through the waters up to the middle of my body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:10 - Then a hand gave me a touch, awaking me, and putting me on my knees and my hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:10 - Everything has been taken from her, all is gone, she has nothing more: the heart is turned to water, the knees are shaking, all are twisted in pain, and colour has gone from all faces.
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