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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.
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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 H559, “Here H2009 is my female H519 slave H519 Bilhah H1090: have H935 relations H935 with H935 her that she may give H3205 birth H3205 [fn]on my knees H1290, so that [fn]by her I too H1571 may obtain H1129 a child H1129.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:12 - Then Joseph H3130 [fn]took H3318 them from his knees H1290, and bowed H2331 with his face H639 to the ground H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:23 - Joseph H3130 saw H7200 the third H8029 generation of Ephraim’s H669 sons H1121; also H1571 the sons H1121 of Machir H4353, the son H1121 of Manasseh H4519, were born H3205 on Joseph’s H3130 knees H1290.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:35 - “The LORD H3068 will strike H5221 you on the knees H1290 and thighs H7785 with severe H7451 boils H7822 from which H834 you cannot H3201 H3808 be healed H7495, and strike you from the sole H3709 of your foot H7272 to the top H6936 of H6936 your head H6936.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - So he brought H3381 the people H5971 down H3381 to the water H4325. Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Gideon H1439, “You shall put H3322 everyone H3605 who H834 laps H3952 the water H4325 with his tongue H3956 as a dog H3611 laps H3952 [fn]in one H905 group H905, and everyone H3605 who H834 kneels H1290 H3766 down H3766 to drink H8354 in another.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - Now the number H4557 of those who lapped H3952, [fn]putting their hand H3027 to their mouth H6310, was three H7969 hundred H3967 men H376; but all H3605 the rest H3499 of the people H5971 kneeled H3766 H1290 down H3766 to drink H8354 water H4325.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - And she made him sleep H3462 on her knees H1290, and called H7121 for a man H376 and had him shave H1548 off H1548 the seven H7651 locks H4253 of his head H7218. Then she began H2490 to humble H6031 him, and his strength H3581 left H5493 him.

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When Solomon H8010 had finished H3615 praying H6419 this H2088 entire H3605 prayer H8605 and plea H8467 to the LORD H3068, he stood H6965 up H6965 from the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068, from kneeling H3766 on his knees H1290 with his [fn]hands H3709 spread H6566 toward heaven H8064.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42 - So Ahab H256 went H5927 up H5927 to eat H398 and drink H8354. But Elijah H452 went H5927 up H5927 to the top H7218 of Carmel H3760; and he bent H1457 down H1457 to the earth H776 and put H7760 his face H6440 between H996 his knees H1290.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - “Yet I will leave H7604 seven H7651 thousand H505 in Israel H3478, all H3605 the knees H1290 that have not bowed H3766 to Baal H1168 and every H3605 mouth H6310 that has not kissed H5401 him.”

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So the king again H7725 sent H7971 the captain H8269 of a third H7992 fifty H2572 with his fifty H2572 men. When the third H7992 captain H8269 of fifty H2572 went H5927 up H5927, he came H935 and bowed H3766 down H3766 on his knees H1290 before H5048 Elijah H452, and begged H2603 him and said H1696 to him, “You man H376 of God H430, please H4994 let my life H5315 and the lives H5315 of these H428 fifty H2572 servants H5650 of yours be H3365 precious H3365 in your sight H5869.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20 - When he had carried H5375 him and brought H935 him to his mother H517, he sat H3427 on her [fn]lap H1290 until H5704 noon H6672, and then he died H4191.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13 - For Solomon H8010 had made H6213 a bronze H5178 platform H3595, [fn]five H2568 cubits H520 long H753, five H2568 cubits H520 wide H7341, and three H7969 cubits H520 high H6967, and had set H5414 it in the midst H8432 of the courtyard H5835; and he stood H5975 on it, knelt H1288 on his knees H1290 in the presence H5048 of all H3605 the assembly H6951 of Israel H3478 and spread H6566 out H6566 his hands H3709 toward heaven H8064.

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But at the evening H6153 offering H4503 I stood H6965 up H6965 from my [fn]humiliation H8589, even with my garment H899 and my robe H4598 torn H7167, and I bowed H3766 down H3766 on my knees H1290 and spread H6566 out H6566 my [fn]hands H3709 to the LORD H3068 my God H430;

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“Why H4069 were H6923 the knees H1290 there in H6923 front H6923 of me,

And why H4100 the breasts H7699, that I would nurse H3243?

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“Your words H4405 have helped H6965 the stumbling H3782 to H6965 stand H6965,

And you have strengthened H553 [fn]feeble H3766 knees H1290.

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My knees H1290 [fn]are H3782 weak H3782 from fasting H6685,

And my flesh H1320 has grown H3584 lean H3584, without H4480 fatness H8081.

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Strengthen H2388 the [fn]exhausted H3027 H7504, and make H553 the [fn]feeble H3782 H1290 strong H553.

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“I have sworn H7650 by Myself;

The word H1697 has gone H3318 out H3318 from My mouth H6310 in righteousness H6666

And will not turn H7725 back H7725,

That to Me every H3605 knee H1290 will bow H3766, every H3605 tongue H3956 will swear H7650 allegiance.

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For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: “Behold H2009, I extend H5186 peace H7965 to her like a river H5104,

And the glory H3519 of the nations H1471 like an overflowing H7857 stream H5158;

And you will [fn]be nursed H3243, you will be carried H5375 on the [fn]hip H6654 and rocked H8173 back H8173 and H8173 forth H8173 on the knees H1290.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:17 - ‘All H3605 hands H3027 will hang H7503 limp H7503, and all H3605 [fn]knees H1290 will drip H1980 with water H4325.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:7 - “And when H3588 they say H559 to you, ‘Why H5921 H4100 are you groaning H584?’ you shall say H559, ‘Because H413 of the news H8052, for it is coming H935; and every H3605 heart H3820 will melt H4549, all H3605 hands H3027 will go H7503 limp H7503, every H3605 spirit H7307 will be disheartened H3543, and all H3605 [fn]knees H1290 will drip H1980 with water H4325. Behold H2009, it is coming H935 and it will happen H1961,’ declares H5002 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:4 - Again he measured H4058 a thousand H505 and led H5674 me through the water H4325, water H4325 reaching the knees H1290. Again he measured H4058 a thousand H505 and led H5674 me through the water, water H4325 reaching the [fn]hips H4975.

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Then behold H2009, a hand H3027 touched H5060 me and shook H5128 me on my [fn]hands H3709 H3027 and knees H1290.

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She is emptied H950! Yes, she is desolate H4003 and waste H1110!

Hearts H3820 are melting H4549 and knees H1290 wobbling H6375!

Also trembling H2479 is in [fn]the entire H3605 body H4975,

And all H3605 their faces H6440 have become H6908 pale H6289!

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