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Lexicon :: Strong's H1254 - bārā'

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בָּרָא
Transliteration
bārā'
Pronunciation
baw-raw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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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 - In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21 - And God made great [fn]whales, and [fn]every living reptile, which the waters brought forth according to their kinds, and every creature that flies with wings according to its kind, and God saw that they were good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27 - And God made man, according to the image of God [fn] he made him, male and female he made them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:3 - And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it he ceased from all his works which God [fn]began to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:4 - This is the book of the generation of heaven and earth, when [fn]they were made, in the day in which the Lord God made the heaven and the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:1 - This is the genealogy [fn]of men in the day in which God made Adam; in the image of God he made him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 - male and female he made them, and blessed them; and he called [fn]his name Adam, in the day in which he made them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 - And God said, I will blot out man whom I have made from the face of the earth, even man with cattle, and reptiles with flying creatures of the sky, for I am [fn]grieved that I have made them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10 - And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I establish a covenant for thee in the presence of all thy people; I will do glorious things, which have not been done in all the earth, or in any nation; and all the people among whom thou art shall see the works of the Lord, that they are wonderful, which I will do for thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - But if the Lord shall shew by a [fn]wonder, and the earth shall open her mouth and swallow them up, and their houses, and their tents, and all that belongs to them, and they shall go down alive into Hades, then ye shall know that these men have provoked the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:32 - Ask of the former days which were before thee, from the day when God created man upon the earth, and beginning at the one end of heaven to the other end of heaven, if there has happened any thing like to this great event, if such a thing has been heard:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:15 - And Joshua said to them, If thou be a great people, go up to the forest, and clear the land for thyself, if mount Ephraim be too little for thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:18 - For thou shalt have the wood, for there is a wood, and thou shalt clear it, and the land shall be thine; even when thou shalt have utterly destroyed the Chananite, for he has chosen cavalry; yet thou art stronger than he.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - And wherefore hast thou looked upon my incense-offering and my meat-offering with a shameless eye, and hast honoured thy sons above me, so that they should bless themselves with the first-fruits of every sacrifice of Israel before me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:10 - (LXX 50:12) Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit in my inward parts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12 - (LXX 88:13) Thou hast created the north and the [fn]west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47 - (LXX 88:48) Remember what my being is: for hast thou created all the sons of men in vain?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18 - (LXX 101:19) Let this be written for another generation; and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:30 - (LXX 103:30) Thou shalt send forth thy Spirit, and they shall be created; and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:5 - Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:1 - And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the days of evil come, and the years overtake thee in which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5 - And he shall come, and it shall be with regard to every place of mount Sion, yea, all the region round about it shall a cloud overshadow by day, and there shall be as it were the smoke and light of fire burning by night: and upon all the glory shall be a defence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:26 - Lift up your eyes on high, and see, who has displayed all these things? even he that brings forth his host by number: he shall call them all by name by means of his great glory, and by the power of his might: nothing has escaped thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 - And now, hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? the eternal God, the God that formed the ends of the earth, shall not hunger, nor be weary, and there is no searching of his understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:20 - that they may see, and know, and perceive, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord has wrought these works, and the Holy One of Israel has displayed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:5 - Thus saith the Lord God, who made the heaven, and established it; who settled the earth, and the things in it, and gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to them that tread on it:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:1 - And now thus saith the Lord God that made thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:7 - even all who are called by my name: for I have prepared him for my glory, and I have formed him, and have made him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:15 - I am the Lord God, your Holy One, who have appointed for Israel your king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:7 - I am he that prepared light, and formed darkness; who make peace, and create evil; I am the Lord God, that does all these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8 - Let the heaven rejoice from above, and let the clouds rain righteousness: let the earth bring forth, and blossom with mercy, and bring forth righteousness likewise: I am the Lord that created thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:12 - I have made the earth, and man upon it: I with my hand have established the heaven; I have given commandment to all the stars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:18 - Thus saith the Lord that made the heaven, this God that [fn]created the earth, and made it; he marked it out, he made it not in vain, but formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord, and there is none beside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:7 - Now they come to pass, and not formerly: and thou heardest not of them in former days: say not thou, Yea, I know them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 - Behold, I have created thee, not as the coppersmith blowing coals, and bringing out a vessel fit for work; but I have created thee, not for ruin, that I should destroy thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:19 - peace upon peace to them that are far off, and to them that are nigh: and the Lord has said, I will heal them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:17 - For there shall be a new heaven and a new earth: and they shall not at all remember the former, neither shall they at all come into their mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:18 - But they shall find in her joy and exultation; for, behold, I make Jerusalem a rejoicing, and my people a joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - (LXX 38:22) How long, O disgraced daughter, wilt thou turn away? for the Lord has created safety for a new plantation: men shall go about in safety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:19 - (LXX 21:24) And thou, son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may enter in: the two shall go forth of one country; and there shall be a force at the top of the way of the city, thou shalt set it at the top of the way,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:30 - (LXX 21:35) Turn, rest not in this place wherein thou wert born: in thine own land will I judge thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:47 - And stone them with the stones of a multitude, and pierce them with their swords: they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and shall burn up their houses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 - Thou wast in the delight of the paradise of God; thou hast bound upon thee every precious stone, the sardius, and topaz, and emerald, and carbuncle, and sapphire, and jasper, and silver, and gold, and ligure, and agate, and amethyst, and chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx: and thou hast filled thy treasures and thy stores in thee with gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:15 - Thou wast faultless in thy days, from the day that thou wast created, until iniquity was found in thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13 - For, behold, I am he that strengthens the thunder, and creates the wind, and proclaims to men his Christ, forming the morning and the darkness, and mounting on the high places of the earth, The Lord God Almighty is his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:10 - Have ye not all one father? Did not one God create you? why have ye forsaken every man his brother, to profane the covenant of your fathers?
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