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Lexicon :: Strong's H1290 - bereḵ

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בֶּרֶךְ
Transliteration
bereḵ
Pronunciation
beh'-rek
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 285a

Strong’s Definitions

בֶּרֶךְ berek, beh'-rek; from H1288; a knee:—knee.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H1290 in the following manner: knee (25x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H1290 in the following manner: knee (25x).

  1. knee

  2. weak from fear (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֶּרֶךְ berek, beh'-rek; from H1288; a knee:—knee.
STRONGS H1290: Abbreviations
† בֶּ֫רֶךְ noun feminineIsaiah 45:23 knee (Assyrian birku COTGloss; Ethiopic bdb013901 Aramaic בֶּרֶךְ bdb013902) Isaiah 45:23; dual בִּרְכַּיִם Job 3:12 + 10 times; suffix בִּרְכַּי etc. Genesis 30:3 + 11 times; — knee, knees: מים ברכים water reaching to the knees Ezekiel 47:4; וַתְּנִיעֵנִי על ברכי Daniel 10:10; יַכְּכָה בשׁחין רע על הברכים Deuteronomy 28:35; כרע על ברכים kneel on knees in worship 1 Kings 8:54; Ezra 9:5 compare Isaiah 45:23; 1 Kings 19:18; 2 Chronicles 6:13, in entreaty 2 Kings 1:13, to drink of a fountain Judges 7:5, 6; שׂם פניו בין ברכיו put his face between his knees in prayer 1 Kings 18:42; על ברכים upon the knees, Genesis 30:3 (E; on תֵּלֵד עַל ב׳ see PlossDas Weib Aufi. 2. ii. 180 ff. StaZAW 1886, 143 ff.) Genesis 50:23 (E) Job 3:12; Judges 16:10; 2 Kings 4:20; Isaiah 66:12; הוציא מעם ברכים Genesis 48:12 (E); knees as seat of strength, weak from terror Job 4:4; Isaiah 35:3; Ezekiel 7:17; Ezekiel 21:12; Nahum 2:11; or fasting Psalm 109:24.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:3; 30:3; 48:12; 50:23

Deuteronomy

28:35

Judges

7:5; 7:6; 16:10

1 Kings

8:54; 18:42; 19:18

2 Kings

1:13; 4:20

2 Chronicles

6:13

Ezra

9:5

Job

3:12; 3:12; 4:4

Psalms

109:24

Isaiah

35:3; 45:23; 45:23; 45:23; 66:12

Ezekiel

7:17; 21:12; 47:4

Daniel

10:10

Nahum

2:11

H1290

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1290 matches the Hebrew בֶּרֶךְ (bereḵ),
which occurs 26 times in 25 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3 - And she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah, go in to her that she may bear on my knees H1290, that [fn]through her I too may obtain children.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:12 - Then Joseph [fn]took them from his knees H1290 and bowed with his face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:23 - And Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim’s sons; also the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees H1290.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:35 - “Yahweh will strike you on the knees H1290 and legs with sore boils, from which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - So he brought the people down to the water. And Yahweh said to Gideon, “Everyone who laps the water with his tongue as a dog laps, you shall set him aside by himself, and so also everyone who kneels H1290 to drink.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - Now the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was 300 men; but all the rest of the people kneeled H1290 to drink water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - Then she made him sleep on her knees H1290 and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to afflict him, and his strength left him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:54 -

Now it happened that when Solomon had [fn]finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to Yahweh, he arose from before the altar of Yahweh, from kneeling on his knees H1290 with his [fn]hands spread toward heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42 - So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he stretched himself down toward the ground and put his face between his knees H1290.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - “Yet I will leave 7,000 in Israel, all the knees H1290 that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:13 -

So he again sent the commander of a third fifty with his fifty. Then the third commander of fifty went up and came and bowed down on his knees H1290 before Elijah, and he begged him and said to him, “O man of God, please let my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20 - Then he carried him and brought him to his mother, and he sat on her knees H1290 until noon, and then died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13 - Now Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the midst of the court; and he stood on it, knelt on his knees H1290 in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5 -

But at the evening offering I arose from my [fn]affliction, even with my garment and my robe torn, and I fell on my knees H1290 and stretched out my [fn]hands to Yahweh my God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12 -

“Why did the knees H1290 receive me,

And why the breasts, that I should suck?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:4 -

“Your words have [fn]helped the stumbling to stand,

And you have encouraged [fn]feeble knees H1290.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24 -

My knees H1290 are feeble from fasting,

And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:3 -

Strengthen limp hands, and give courage to the knees H1290 of the stumbling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:23 -

“I have sworn by Myself,

The word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness

And will not turn back,

That to Me every knee H1290 will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12 -

For thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I stretch out peace to her like a river,

And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;

And you will [fn]be nursed; you will be carried on the [fn]hip and played with on the knees H1290.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:17 - ‘All hands will hang limp, and all knees H1290 will [fn]become like water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:7 - “And it will be that when they say to you, ‘Why do you groan?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the report that is coming; and every heart will melt, all hands will fall limp, every spirit will [fn]faint, and all knees H1290 will [fn]be weak as water. Behold, it is coming, and it will happen,’ declares Lord Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:4 - Again he measured one thousand and had me pass through the water, water reaching the knees H1290. Again he measured one thousand and had me pass through the water, water reaching the loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:10 -

Then behold, a hand touched me and set me shaking on my [fn]hands and knees H1290.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:10 -

She is emptied! Yes, she is emptied out and eviscerated!

Hearts are melting and knees H1290 knocking!

Also anguish is in all their loins,

And all their faces [fn]turn pale!

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