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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

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 heavens H8064 and the earth H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21 - And God H430 created H1254 the great H1419 sea H8577 creatures H8577 and every H3605 living H2416 creature H5315 that moves H7430, with which H834 the waters H4325 swarmed H8317, according to their kind H4327, and every H3605 winged H3671 bird H5775 according to its kind H4327; and God H430 saw H7200 that it was good H2896.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27 - So God H430 created H1254 man H120 in His own image H6754, in the image H6754 of God H430 He created H1254 him; male H2145 and female H5347 He created H1254 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:3 - Then God H430 blessed H1288 the seventh H7637 day H3117 and sanctified H6942 it, because H3588 on it He rested H7673 from all H3605 His work H4399 which H834 God H430 had created H1254 [fn]and made H6213.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:4 -

[fn]This H428 is the account H8435 of the heavens H8064 and the earth H776 when they were created H1254, in the day H3117 that the LORD H3068 God H430 made H6213 earth H776 and heaven H8064.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:1 -

This H2088 is the book H5612 of the generations H8435 of Adam H121. On the day H3117 when God H430 created H1254 man H120, He made H6213 him in the likeness H1823 of God H430.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 - He created H1254 them male H2145 and female H5347, and He blessed H1288 them and named H7121 H8034 them “mankind H120” on the day H3117 when they were created H1254.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559, “I will wipe H4229 out H4229 mankind H120 whom H834 I have created H1254 from the face H6440 of the land H127; mankind H120, and animals H929 as H5704 well H5704, and crawling H7431 things H7431, and the birds H5775 of the sky H8064. For I am H5162 sorry H5162 that I have made H6213 them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10 -

Then [fn]God said H559, “Behold H2009, I am going to make H3772 a covenant H1285. Before H5048 all H3605 your people H5971 I will perform H6213 miracles H6381 which H834 have not been [fn]produced H1254 in all H3605 the earth H776 nor H3808 among any H3605 of the nations H1471; and all H3605 the people H5971 [fn]among H7130 whom H834 you live will see H7200 the working H4639 of the LORD H3068, for it is a fearful H3372 thing H3372 that I am going to perform H6213 with you.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - “But if H518 the LORD H3068 [fn]brings H1254 about H1254 an entirely H1278 new H1278 thing H1278 and the ground H127 opens H6475 its mouth H6310 and swallows H1104 them with everything H3605 that is theirs H1992, and they descend H3381 alive H2416 into [fn]Sheol H7585, then you will know H3045 that these H428 men H376 have been H5006 disrespectful H5006 to the LORD H3068.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:32 -

“Indeed H3588, ask H7592 now H4994 about the earlier H7223 days H3117 that were [fn]before H6440 your time, since H4480 the day H3117 that God H430 created H1254 [fn]mankind H120 on the earth H776, and inquire from one end H7097 of the heavens H8064 to the other H7097 H8064. Has anything been done H1961 like this H2088 great H1419 thing H1697, or H176 has anything been heard H8085 like H3644 it?

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:15 - And Joshua H3091 said H559 to them, “If H518 you are a numerous H7227 people H5971, go H5927 [fn]up H5927 to the forest H3293 and clear H1254 a place for yourself there H8033 in the land H776 of the Perizzites H6522 and of the Rephaim H7497, since H3588 the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669 is H213 too H213 narrow H213 for you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:18 - but the hill H2022 country H2022 shall be yours. For though it is a forest H3293, you shall clear H1254 it, and to its [fn]farthest H8444 borders H8444 it shall be yours; for you shall [fn]drive H3423 out H3423 the Canaanites H3669, even H3588 though H3588 they have iron H1270 chariots H7393 and though H3588 they are strong H2389.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - ‘Why H4100 are you [fn]showing H1163 contempt H1163 for My sacrifice H2077 and My offering H4503 which H834 I have commanded H6680 for My dwelling H4583, and why are you honoring H3513 your sons H1121 above H4480 Me, by making H1254 yourselves fat H1254 with the [fn]choicest H7225 of every H3605 offering H4503 of My people H5971 Israel H3478?’
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:10 -

Create H1254 [fn]in me a clean H2889 heart H3820, God H430,

And renew H2318 a steadfast H3559 spirit H7307 within H7130 me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12 -

The north H6828 and the south H3225, You have created H1254 them;

Tabor H8396 and Hermon H2768 shout H7442 for H7442 joy H7442 at Your name H8034.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47 -

Remember H2142 [fn]what H4100 my lifespan H2465 is;

For what H4100 futility H7723 [fn]You have created H1254 all H3605 the sons H1121 of mankind H120!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18 -

[fn]This H2088 will be written H3789 for the generation H1755 to come H314,

[fn]That a people H5971 yet to be created H1254 [fn]may praise H1984 [fn]the LORD H3050:

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:30 -

You send H7971 forth Your [fn]Spirit H7307, they are created H1254;

And You renew H2318 the face H6440 of the ground H127.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:5 -

They are to praise H1984 the name H8034 of the LORD H3068,

For He commanded H6680 and they were created H1254.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:1 -

Remember H2142 also your Creator H1254 in the days H3117 of your youth H979, before H5704 H834 H3808 the evil H7451 days H3117 come H935 and the years H8141 approach H5060 when H834 you will say H559, “I have H369 no H369 pleasure H2656 in them”;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5 - then the LORD H3068 will create H1254 over H5921 the entire H3605 area H4349 of Mount H2022 Zion H6726 and over H5921 her assemblies H4744 a cloud H6051 by day H3119, and smoke H6227, and the brightness H5051 of a flaming H3852 fire H784 by night H3915; for over H5921 all H3605 the glory H3519 will be a canopy H2646.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:26 -

Raise H5375 your eyes H5869 on high H4791

And see H7200 who H4310 has created H1254 these H428 stars,

The One who brings H3318 out H3318 their [fn]multitude H6635 by number H4557,

He calls H7121 them all H3605 by name H8034;

Because H4480 of the greatness H7230 of His might H202 and the [fn]strength H533 of His power H3581,

Not one H376 of them is H5737 missing H5737.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 -

Do you not know H3045? Have you not heard H8085?

The Everlasting H5769 God H430, the LORD H3068, the Creator H1254 of the ends H7098 of the earth H776

Does not become H3286 weary H3286 or tired H3021.

His understanding H8394 is unsearchable H369 H2714.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:20 -

So H4616 that H4616 they may see H7200 and recognize H3045,

And consider H7760 and gain H7919 insight H7919 as H3162 well H3162,

That the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 has done H6213 this H2088,

And the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478 has created H1254 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:5 -

This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 God H410 the LORD H3068 says H559,

Who created H1254 the heavens H8064 and stretched H5186 them out H5186,

Who spread H7554 out H7554 the earth H776 and its [fn]offspring H6631,

Who gives H5414 breath H5397 to the people H5971 on it

And spirit H7307 to those who walk H1980 in it:

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:1 -

But now H6258, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559, He who is your Creator H1254, Jacob H3290,

And He who formed H3335 you, Israel H3478:

“Do not fear H3372, for I have redeemed H1350 you;

I have called H7121 you by name H8034; you are Mine!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:7 -

Everyone H3605 who is called H7121 by My name H8034,

And whom I have created H1254 for My glory H3519,

Whom I have formed H3335, even H637 whom I have made H6213.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:15 -

“I am the LORD H3068, your Holy H6918 One H6918,

The Creator H1254 of Israel H3478, your King H4428.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:7 -

The One forming H3335 light H216 and creating H1254 darkness H2822,

Causing H6213 [fn]well-being H7965 and creating H1254 disaster H7451;

I am the LORD H3068 who does H6213 all H3605 these H428 things H428.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8 -

“Drip H7491 down H7491, heavens H8064, from above H4605,

And let the clouds H7834 pour H5140 down H5140 righteousness H6664;

Let the earth H776 open H6605 up H6605 and salvation H3468 bear H6509 fruit H6509,

And righteousness H6666 sprout H6779 with it.

I, the LORD H3068, have created H1254 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:12 -

“It is I who made H6213 the earth H776, and created H1254 mankind H120 upon it.

I stretched H5186 out H5186 the heavens H8064 with My hands H3027,

And I [fn]ordained H6680 all H3605 their [fn]lights H6635.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:18 -

For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559, He who created H1254 the heavens H8064 (He is the God H430 who formed H3335 the earth H776 and made H6213 it, He established H3559 it and did not create H1254 it [fn]as a waste H8414 place H8414, but formed H3335 it to be inhabited H3427):

“I am the LORD H3068, and there H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 else H5750.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:7 -

“They are created H1254 now H6258 and not long H227 ago H227;

And before H6440 today H3117 you have not heard H8085 them,

So that you will not say H559, ‘Behold H2009, I knew H3045 them.’

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 -

“Behold H2005, I Myself H595 have created H1254 the smith H2796 who blows H5301 on the fire H784 of coals H6352

And produces H3318 a weapon H3627 for its work H4639;

And I have created H1254 the destroyer H7843 to inflict H2254 ruin H2254.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:19 -

Creating H1254 the [fn]praise H5108 of the lips H8193.

Peace H7965, peace H7965 to him who is far H7350 away H7350 and to him who is near H7138,”

Says H559 the LORD H3068, “and I will heal H7495 him.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:17 -

“For behold H2009, I create H1254 new H2319 heavens H8064 and a new H2319 earth H776;

And the former H7223 things H7223 will not be remembered H2142 or come H5927 to [fn]mind H3820.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:18 -

“But be glad H7797 and rejoice H1523 forever H5703 in what H834 I create H1254;

For behold H2009, I create H1254 Jerusalem H3389 for rejoicing H1525

And her people H5971 for gladness H4885.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 -

“How H4970 long H5704 H4970 will you waver H2559,

You rebellious H7728 daughter H1323?

For the LORD H3068 has created H1254 a new H2319 thing H2319 on the earth H776:

A woman H5347 will shelter H5437 a man H1397.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:19 - “Now as for you, son H1121 of man H120, [fn]make H7760 two H8147 ways H1870 for the sword H2719 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894 to come H935; both H8147 of them will go H3318 out H3318 of one H259 land H776. And [fn]make H1254 a signpost H3027; [fn]make H1254 it at the head H7218 of the way H1870 to the city H5892.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:30 - ‘Return H7725 it to its sheath H8593. In the place H4725 where H834 you were created H1254, in the land H776 of your origin H4351, I will judge H8199 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:47 - ‘The contingent H6951 will stone H7275 them with stones H68 and cut H1254 them down H1254 with their swords H2719; they will kill H2026 their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323 and burn H8313 their houses H1004 with fire H784.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 -

“You were in Eden H5731, the garden H1588 of God H430;

Every H3605 precious H3368 stone H68 was your covering H4540:

The ruby H124, the topaz H6357 and the diamond H3095;

The beryl H8658, the onyx H7718 and the jasper H3471;

The lapis H5601 lazuli H5601, the turquoise H5306 and the emerald H1304;

And the gold H2091, the workmanship H4399 of your [fn]settings H8596 and [fn]sockets H5345,

Was in you.

On the day H3117 that you were created H1254

They were prepared H3559.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:15 -

“You were blameless H8549 in your ways H1870

From the day H3117 you were created H1254

Until H5704 unrighteousness H5766 was found H4672 in you.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13 -

For behold H2009, He who forms H3335 mountains H2022 and creates H1254 the wind H7307,

And declares H5046 to a person H120 what H4100 are His thoughts H7808,

He who makes H6213 dawn H7837 into darkness H5890

And treads H1869 on the high H1116 places H1116 of the earth H776,

The LORD H3068 God H430 of armies H6635 is His name H8034.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:10 -

Do we not all H3605 have one H259 Father H1? Is it not one H259 God H410 who has created H1254 us? Why H4069 do we deal H898 treacherously H898, each H376 against his brother H251 so as to profane H2490 the covenant H1285 of our fathers H1?

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