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Lexicon :: Strong's H1262 - bārâ

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בָּרָה
Transliteration
bārâ
Pronunciation
baw-raw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 281

Strong’s Definitions

בָּרָה bârâh, baw-raw'; a primitive root; to select; also (as denominative from H1250) to feed; also (as equivalent to H1305) to render clear (Ecclesiastes 3:18) to select; to feed; to render clear:—choose, (cause to) eat, manifest, (give) meat.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H1262 in the following manner: eat (4x), choose (1x), give (1x), cause to eat.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H1262 in the following manner: eat (4x), choose (1x), give (1x), cause to eat.

  1. to eat, consume

    1. (Qal) to eat

    2. (Piel) for eating, devouring

    3. (Hiphil) to cause to eat

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּרָה bârâh, baw-raw'; a primitive root; to select; also (as denominative from H1250) to feed; also (as equivalent to H1305) to render clear (Ecclesiastes 3:18) to select; to feed; to render clear:—choose, (cause to) eat, manifest, (give) meat.
STRONGS H1262: Abbreviations
† I. בָּרָה verb eat (Assyrian barû & derivatives ZimBP 31) —
Qal Perfect 2 Samuel 12:17; Imperfect אֶבְרֶה 2 Samuel 13:6, 10 eat bread (בְּרוּ־לְכֶם 1 Samuel 17:8 scribal error for בחרו לכם 1 Kings 18:25 DrSm 107).
Pi. Infinitive לְבָרוֺת Lamentations 4:10 for devouring.
Hiph. Imperfect תַּבְרֵנִי 2 Samuel 13:5; Infinitive לְהַבְרוֺת 2 Samuel 3:35 cause to eat bread.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

17:8

2 Samuel

3:35; 12:17; 13:5; 13:6; 13:10

1 Kings

18:25

Lamentations

4:10

H1262

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1262 matches the Hebrew בָּרָה (bārâ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:8 - He stood H5975 and shouted H7121 to the ranks H4634 of Israel H3478 and said H559 to them, “Why H4100 do you come H3318 out to draw H6186 up in battle H4421 array? Am I not the Philistine H6430 and you servants H5650 of Saul? H7586 Choose H1262 a man H376 for yourselves and let him come H3381 down H3381 to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:35 - Then all H3605 the people H5971 came H935 to [fn]persuade David H1732 to eat H1262 bread H3899 while it was still H5750 day; H3117 but David H1732 vowed, H7650 saying, H559 “May God H430 do H6213 so H3541 to me, and more H3254 also, H3541 if H3588 H518 I taste H2938 bread H3899 or H176 anything H3972 else H3605 before H6440 the sun H8121 goes H935 down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:17 - The elders H2205 of his household H1004 stood H6965 beside H5921 him in order to raise H6965 him up from the ground, H776 but he was unwilling H3808 H14 and would not eat H1262 food H3899 with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - Jonadab H3082 then said H559 to him, “Lie H7901 down H7901 on your bed H4904 and pretend H2470 to be ill; H2470 when your father H1 comes H935 to see H7200 you, say H559 to him, ‘Please H4994 let my sister H269 Tamar H8559 come H935 and give me some food H3899 to eat, H1262 and let her prepare H6213 the food H1279 in my sight, H5869 that I may see H7200 it and eat H398 from her hand.’” H3027

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - So Amnon H550 lay H7901 down H7901 and pretended H2470 to be ill; H2470 when the king H4428 came H935 to see H7200 him, Amnon H550 said H559 to the king, H4428 “Please H4994 let my sister H269 Tamar H8559 come H935 and make H3823 me a couple H8147 of cakes H3834 in my sight, H5869 that I may eat H1262 from her hand.” H3027

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:10 - Then Amnon H550 said H559 to Tamar, H8559 “Bring H935 the food H1279 into the [fn]bedroom, H2315 that I may eat H1262 from your hand.” H3027 So Tamar H8559 took H3947 the cakes H3834 which H834 she had made H6213 and brought H935 them into the bedroom H2315 to her brother H251 Amnon. H550

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:10 - The hands H3027 of compassionate H7362 women H802
Boiled H1310 their own children; H3206
They became H1961 food H1262 for them
Because of the destruction H7667 of the daughter H1323 of my people. H5971
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