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Lexicon :: Strong's H1247 - bar

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בַּר
Transliteration
bar
Pronunciation
bar
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to בֵּן (H1121)
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TWOT Reference: 2639

Strong’s Definitions

בַּר bar, bar; (Aramaic) corresponding to H1121; a son, grandson, etc.:—× old, son.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H1247 in the following manner: son (7x), about (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H1247 in the following manner: son (7x), about (1x).

  1. son

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בַּר bar, bar; (Aramaic) corresponding to H1121; a son, grandson, etc.:—× old, son.
STRONGS H1247: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† I. בַּר noun masculine son (Targum id.; Syriac rfb, Mandean ברא NöM § 148, Old Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene בר (and בן) Lzb242f.; Sabean בר according to MordtmVOJ x. 154 f.; = בֵּן, = becoming ר, PhilippiZMG xxxii (1878), 36 ff. BrockSyr. Gr. § 76 and others; √ different from בן according to JHMich Thes K§ 63 and others; Biblical Hebrew H1248 בַּר Aramaism for בֵּן); — construct ב׳ Daniel 3:25 +; suffix בְּרֵהּ Daniel 5:22; plural construct בְּנֵי [H1123 Ezra 6:9] +; suffix בְּנ֫וֺהִי [H1123 Ezra 6:10; Ezra 7:23], בְּנֵיהוֺן [H1123 Daniel 6:25]; —
1. son(s) Ezra 5:1, 2 (twice in verse); Ezra 6:14; Daniel 5:22; [H1123 Daniel 6:25; Ezra 6:10; Ezra 7:23]; בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל [H1123 Ezra 6:16] = Israelites, בְּנֵי גָלוּתָא = captives [H1123 Ezra 6:16; Daniel 2:25; Daniel 5:13; Daniel 6:14]; בַּר־אֱנָשׁ Daniel 7:13 i.e. one of human kind, בְּנֵי אֲנָשָׁא men [H1123 Daniel 2:38; Daniel 5:21]; בַּר־אֱלָהִין Daniel 3:25 a divine (or angelic) being (see Dr, and compare Biblical Hebrew [H1121 Genesis 6:2; Job 1:6]); בַּר שְׁנִין וגו׳ Dan 6:1 [Dan 5:31] a son of 62 years = 62 years old (Biblical Hebrew H1121 בֵּן 9).
2. of bullocks, בְּנֵי תוֺרִין [H1123 Ezra 6:9].
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

5:1; 5:2; 6:14

Daniel

3:25; 3:25; 5:22; 5:22; 5:31; 7:13

H1247

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Strong's Number H1247 matches the Hebrew בַּר (bar),
which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:1 -

Now when the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, the son (grandson) of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, whose Spirit was over them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:2 - then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel [heir to the throne of Judah] and Jeshua the son of Jozadak arose and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem; and the prophets of God [Haggai and Zechariah] were with them, supporting and encouraging them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:14 - And the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building as commanded by the God of Israel and in accordance with the decree of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:25 - He answered, “Look! I see four men untied, walking around in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt! And the appearance of the fourth is like [fn]a son of the gods!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:22 - “And you, his [fn]son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart (mind), even though you knew all this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:31 - So [fn]Darius the Mede received the kingdom; he was about the age of sixty-two.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:13 -

“I kept looking in the night visions,

And behold, [fn]on the clouds of heaven

One like a Son of Man was coming,

And He came up to the Ancient of Days

And was presented before Him.

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