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Lexicon :: Strong's H1254 - bārā'

Aa
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

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 BoxGen 1:1 - At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21 - And God made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the waters were full, and every sort of winged bird: and God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27 - And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:3 - And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:4 - These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:1 - This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 - Male and female he made them, naming them Man, and giving them his blessing on the day when they were made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 - And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10 - And the Lord said, See, this is what I will undertake: before the eyes of your people I will do wonders, such as have not been done in all the earth or in any nation: and all your people will see the work of the Lord, for what I am about to do for you is greatly to be feared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - But if the Lord does something new, opening the earth to take them in, with everything which is theirs, and they go down living into the underworld, then it will be clear to you that the Lord has not been honoured by these men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:32 - Give thought now to the days which are past, before your time, from the day when God first gave life to man on the earth, and searching from one end of heaven to the other, see if such a great thing as this has ever been, or if anything like it has been talked of in story.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:15 - Then Joshua said to them, If you are such a great people, go up into the woodlands, clearing a place there for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, if the hill-country of Ephraim is not wide enough for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:18 - For the hill-country of Gilead will be yours ... the woodland and cut down ... its outskirts will be yours ... get the Canaanites out, for they have iron war-carriages ... strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - Why then are you looking with envy on my offerings of meat and of meal which were ordered by my word, honouring your sons before me, and making yourselves fat with all the best of the offerings of Israel, my people?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:10 - Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right spirit again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12 - You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47 - See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18 - This will be put in writing for the coming generation, and the people of the future will give praise to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:30 - If you send out your spirit, they are given life; you make new the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:5 - Let them give praise to the name of the Lord: for he gave the order, and they were made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:1 - Let your mind be turned to your Maker in the days of your strength, while the evil days come not, and the years are far away when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5 - And over every living-place on Mount Zion, all over all her meetings, the Lord will make a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night, for over all, the glory of the Lord will be a cover and a tent;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:26 - Let your eyes be lifted up on high, and see: who has made these? He who sends out their numbered army: who has knowledge of all their names: by whose great strength, because he is strong in power, all of them are in their places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 - Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:20 - So that they may see and be wise and give their mind to it, and that it may be clear to them all that the hand of the Lord has done this, and that the Holy One of Israel has made it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:5 - God the Lord, even he who made the heavens, measuring them out on high; stretching out the earth, and giving its produce; he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who go about on it, says:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:1 - But now, says the Lord your Maker, O Jacob, and your life-giver, O Israel: have no fear, for I have taken up your cause; naming you by your name, I have made you mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:7 - Every one who is named by my name, and whom I have made for my glory, who has been formed and designed by me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:15 - I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Maker of Israel, your King.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:7 - I am the giver of light and the maker of the dark; causing blessing, and sending troubles; I am the Lord, who does all these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8 - Let righteousness come down, O heavens, from on high, and let the sky send it down like rain: let the earth be open to give the fruit of salvation, causing righteousness to come up with it; I the Lord have made it come about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:12 - I have made the earth, forming man on it: by my hands the heavens have been stretched out, and all the stars put in their ordered places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:18 - For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a living-place for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:7 - They have only now been effected, and not in the past: and before this day they had not come to your ears; for fear that you might say, I had knowledge of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 - See, I have made the iron-worker, blowing on the burning coals, and making the instrument of war by his work; and I have made the waster for destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:19 - I will give the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is near and to him who is far off, says the Lord; and I will make him well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:17 - For see, I am making a new heaven and a new earth: and the past things will be gone completely out of mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:18 - But men will be glad and have joy for ever in what I am making; for I am making Jerusalem a delight, and her people a joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - How long will you go on turning this way and that, O wandering daughter? for the Lord has made a new thing on the earth, a woman changed into a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:19 - And you, son of man, have two ways marked out, so that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; let the two of them come out of one land: and let there be a pillar at the top of the road:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:30 - Go back into your cover. In the place where you were made, in the land from which you were taken, I will be your judge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:47 - And the meeting, after stoning her with stones, will put an end to her with their swords; they will put her sons and daughters to death and have her house burned up with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 - You were in Eden, the garden of God; every stone of great price was your clothing, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the emerald and the carbuncle: your store-houses were full of gold, and things of great price were in you; in the day when you were made they were got ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:15 - There has been no evil in your ways from the day when you were made, till sin was seen in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13 - For see, he who gave form to the mountains and made the wind, giving knowledge of his purpose to man, who makes the morning dark, and is walking on the high places of the earth: the Lord, the God of armies, is his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:10 - Have we not all one father? has not one God made us? why are we, every one of us, acting falsely to his brother, putting shame on the agreement of our fathers?
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