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Lexicon :: Strong's H1319 - bāśar

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בָּשַׂר
Transliteration
bāśar
Pronunciation
baw-sar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 291

Strong’s Definitions

בָּשַׂר bâsar, baw-sar'; a primitive root; properly, to be fresh, i.e. full (rosy, figuratively cheerful); to announce (glad news):—messenger, preach, publish, shew forth, (bear, bring, carry, preach, good, tell good) tidings.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H1319 in the following manner: tidings (16x), show forth (3x), publish (3x), messenger (1x), preached (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H1319 in the following manner: tidings (16x), show forth (3x), publish (3x), messenger (1x), preached (1x).

  1. to bear news, bear tidings, publish, preach, show forth

    1. (Piel)

      1. to gladden with good news

      2. to bear news

      3. to announce (salvation) as good news, preach

    2. (Hithpael) to receive good news

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּשַׂר bâsar, baw-sar'; a primitive root; properly, to be fresh, i.e. full (rosy, figuratively cheerful); to announce (glad news):—messenger, preach, publish, shew forth, (bear, bring, carry, preach, good, tell good) tidings.
STRONGS H1319: Abbreviations
† [בָּשַׂר] verb bear tidings (√ rub smooth the face; compare Arabic بَشَرَ remove the face of surface of a thing, compare Arabic بَشِرَ be glad, joyful; بَشَّرَهُ بِمَوْلُودٍ he rejoiced him with the message of the birth of a son; Ethiopic በለረ፡ bring a joyful message, so Assyrian bussuru (Pa.) DlPr 170, Sabean תבשר DHMMV, also בשר proper name, of deity, بشير DHMZMG 1883, 358, CISiv. 1, 41, 1. 3) —
Pi. Perfect בִּשַּׂר Jeremiah 20:15 2 times; Imperfect תְּבַשֵּׂר 2 Samuel 18:20 4 times; אֲבַשְּׂרָה 2 Samuel 18:19; Imperative בַּשְּׂרוּ 1 Chronicles 16:23 = Psalm 96:2; infinitive לְבַשֵּׂר 1 Samuel 31:9 2 times; Participle מְבַשֵּׂר Isaiah 41:27 6 times; feminine מְבַשֶּׂרֶת Isaiah 40:9 (twice in verse); plural מְבַשְּׂרוֺת Psalm 68:12; —
1. gladden with good tidings: birth of a son Jeremiah 20:15; victory 1 Samuel 31:9; 2 Samuel 1:20; 1 Chronicles 10:9; Psalm 68:12; היה כמבשׂר בעיניו he was in his eyes as a bearer of good tidings 2 Samuel 4:10.
2. bear tidings 2 Samuel 18:19,20 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 18:26; even of evil 1 Samuel 4:17, and so with accusative בשׂר טוב 1 Kings 1:42.
3. herald as glad tidings: the salvation of God, peach (chiefly exilic usage) the advent of י׳ in salvation Nahum 2:1; Isaiah 40:9 (twice in verse); Isaiah 41:27; Isaiah 52:7 (twice in verse); the praises of Yahweh Isaiah 60:6; His righteousness in the great congregation Psalm 40:10; His salvation daily Psalm 96:2 = 1 Chronicles 16:23; the Messianic servant preaches good tidings to the meek Isaiah 61:1.
Hithp. Imperfect יִתְבַּשֵּׂר 2 Samuel 18:31 receive good tidings (so Kirkp. Klo; compare Arabic بَشِرَ IV. X; otherwise AV).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

4:17; 31:9; 31:9

2 Samuel

1:20; 4:10; 18:19; 18:19; 18:20; 18:20; 18:26; 18:31

1 Kings

1:42

1 Chronicles

10:9; 16:23; 16:23

Psalms

40:10; 68:12; 68:12; 96:2; 96:2

Isaiah

40:9; 40:9; 41:27; 41:27; 52:7; 60:6; 61:1

Jeremiah

20:15; 20:15

Nahum

2:1

H1319

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1319 matches the Hebrew בָּשַׂר (bāśar),
which occurs 7 times in 6 verses in '2Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Do not tell it in Gath,

don’t announce it in the marketplaces of Ashkelon,

or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice,

and the daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate.

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“when the person told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ he thought he was a bearer of good news, but I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was my reward to him for his news!

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Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has vindicated him by freeing him from his enemies.”

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Joab replied to him, “You are not the man to take good news today. You may do it another day, but today you aren’t taking good news, because the king’s son is dead.”

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the watchman saw another man running. He called out to the gatekeeper, “Look! Another man is running alone! ”

“This one is also bringing good news,” said the king.

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Just then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: The LORD has vindicated you today by freeing you from all who rise against you! ”

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