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Lexicon :: Strong's H1197 - bāʿar

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בָּעַר
Transliteration
bāʿar
Pronunciation
baw-ar'
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Part of Speech
denominative verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 263

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: בער

Strong’s Definitions

בָּעַר bâʻar, baw-ar'; a primitive root; also as denominative from H1198 to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be (-come) brutish:—be brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 94x

The KJV translates Strong's H1197 in the following manner: burn (41x), ... away (21x), kindle (13x), brutish (7x), eaten (2x), set (2x), burn up (2x), eat up (2x), feed (1x), heated (1x), took (1x), wasted (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 94x
The KJV translates Strong's H1197 in the following manner: burn (41x), ... away (21x), kindle (13x), brutish (7x), eaten (2x), set (2x), burn up (2x), eat up (2x), feed (1x), heated (1x), took (1x), wasted (1x).
  1. to burn, consume, kindle, be kindled

    1. (Qal)

      1. to begin to burn, be kindled, start burning

      2. to burn, be burning

      3. to burn, consume

      4. Jehovah's wrath, human wrath (fig.)

    2. (Piel)

      1. to kindle, burn

      2. to consume, remove (of guilt) (fig.)

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to kindle

      2. to burn up

      3. to consume (destroy)

    4. (Pual) to burn

      denominative verb
  2. to be stupid, brutish, barbarous

    1. (Qal) to be stupid, dull-hearted, unreceptive

    2. (Niphal) to be stupid, dull-hearted

    3. (Piel) to feed, graze

    4. (Hiphil) to cause to be grazed over

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּעַר bâʻar, baw-ar'; a primitive root; also as denominative from H1198 to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be (-come) brutish:—be brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste.
STRONGS H1197: Abbreviations
† I. [בָּעַר] verb burn, consume (Targum בְּעַר burn; rfib seek out, collect, glean; this apparently earlier meaning) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular בָּֽעֲרָה Numbers 11:3 + 2 times, וּבָֽעֲרָה consecutive Isaiah 10:17 + 3 times, בָּֽעֲרוּ Judges 15:14 + 2 times + 2 Samuel 22:13 (but compare De on Psalm 18), וּבָֽעֲרוּ consecutive Isaiah 1:31; Imperfect יִבְעַר Exodus 3:3; Psalm 2:12, etc.; Participle בֹּעֵר Exodus 3:2 + 6 times, בֹּעֵרָ֑ה Isaiah 34:9, בּוֺעֵ֫רָה Hosea 7:4, בֹּעֲרָ֫ה Isaiah 30:33, בֹּעֶ֫רֶת Jeremiah 20:9, בֹּעֲרוֺת Ezekiel 1:13; — burn,
1. (intransitive) specifically begin to burn, be kindled Psalm 18:8 followed by מִן (subject גֶּחָלִים) = 2 Samuel 22:9 (in 2 Samuel 22:13 textual error compare above), Psalm 106:18 (subject אֵשׁ); figurative Psalm 2:12 (subject אַפּוֹ ) compare Jeremiah 44:6 (subject חֵמָה); Isaiah 30:33 (with בְּ, subject נִשְׁמַת י׳), Psalm 39:4 (subject אֵשׁ figurative of grief, distress) compare Jeremiah 20:9.
2. be burning, burn, Judges 15:14 (subject מִּשְׁתִּים, with בָּאֵשׁ), Exodus 3:2 (הסנה, with בָּאֵשׁ), Exodus 3:3 (subject id.); Deuteronomy 4:11; Deuteronomy 5:20; Deuteronomy 9:15 (all subject הר, with בָּאֵשׁ), compare Isaiah 34:9 (זֶפֶת בערה), figurative of destruction Isaiah 1:31 (subject חָסֹן & פֹּעֲלוֹ ); of torch לַפִּיד Isaiah 62:1; of oven תַּנּוּר Hosea 7:4,6 (i.e. heated by fire within it).
3. transitive burn, consume (subject אשׁ, להבה etc., followed by בְּ) Numbers 11:1,3(אשׁ י׳), Job 1:16 (אשׁ אלהים); in smile Ezekiel 1:33 (גחלי אשׁ י׳), Psalm 83:15 (only here transitive with accusative; should תבער be pointed as Pi. ?); figurative (subject wrath of י׳) Isaiah 42:25 compare Lamentations 2:5 (subject fire = fiery trial) Isaiah 43:2.
4. active but absolute, figurative, subject wrath of י׳ Jeremiah 4:4; Jeremiah 7:20; Jeremiah 21:12; Psalm 89:47 compare Isaiah 10:17; Psalm 79:5; Isaiah 30:27 (֗֗֗ בֹּעֵר אַפּוֹ שֵׁם י׳) Malachi 3:19 (היום בא); of human anger Esther 1:12; subject wickedness Isaiah 9:17.
Pi. Perfect בִּעֵר 1 Kings 22:47; 2 Kings 23:24, וּבִעֵר consecutive Leviticus 6:5, בִּעַ֫רְתָּ 2 Chronicles 19:3, וּבִַ ערְתָּ֫ Deuteronomy 13:6 + 9 times in Deuteronomy; וּבִעֲרוּ consecutive Ezekiel 39:9 (twice in verse) (9:a strike out Co after Vrss), etc.; Imperfect יְבַעֵר 1 Kings 14:10; 2rd person masculine singular תְּבַעֵר Deuteronomy 21:9, יְבַעֲרוּ Ezekiel 39:10; 2rd person masculine plural תְּבַעֲרוּ Exodus 35:3, וּנְבַעֲרָ֫ה subordinate Judges 20:13; Participle מְבַעֲרִים Jeremiah 7:18; —
1. kindle, literal with accusative אשׁ Exodus 35:3; Jeremiah 7:18 compare Ezekiel 39:9 (see above) Ezekiel 39:10; figurative of י׳ sending destruction Ezekiel 21:4 compare of human schemes Isaiah 50:11; light, object lamps in temple 2 Chronicles 4:20; compare 2 Chronicles 13:11.
2. burn, literal with accusative עֵצִים Leviticus 6:5, גָּלָל dung 1 Kings 14:10; absolute Isaiah 44:15; compare Isaiah 40:16; Nehemiah 10:35.
3. figurative consume, utterly remove, particular of evil and guilt, with accusative, especially in Deuteronomic phrase ובערת הרע מקרבך (מישׂראלׅ Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 17:7,12; Deuteronomy 19:13,19; Deuteronomy 21:21 compare Deuteronomy 21:9; Deuteronomy 22:21,22,24; Deuteronomy 24:7, see also Judges 20:13; further, 1 Kings 22:47; 2 Kings 23:24; 2 Chronicles 19:3; also of devoted (tabooed) things Deuteronomy 26:13,14; of persons (exterminate) 2 Samuel 4:11; followed by אחרי pregnantly 1 Kings 14:10; 1 Kings 21:21; = devour, devastate, greedily enjoy the fruits of, Isaiah 3:14; absolute היה לְבָעֵר be for destruction, be destroyed Numbers 24:22; Isaiah 5:5; Isaiah 6:13; compare רוּחַ בָּעֵר Isaiah 4:4.
Pu. Participle מְבֹעָ֑רֶת Jeremiah 36:22; — burn (i.e. be supplied with fire), of fire-jar, הָאָח.
Hiph. Perfect וְהִבְעַרְתִּ֫י Nahum 2:14; Imperfect וַיַּבְעֵר Judges 15:5; 2 Chronicles 28:3, וַיַּבְעֶר־ Judges 15:5; תַּבְעִיר Ezekiel 5:2; Participle מַבְעִיר 1 Kings 16:3, מַבְעִר Exodus 22:5; —
1. kindle (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb) Exodus 22:5, compare Judges 15:5 אשׁ בלפידים ויב׳ caused fire to burn among the brands.
2. burn up, with accusative Judges 15:5; 2 Chronicles 28:3 (sacrifice of children בָּאֵשׁ) Ezekiel 5:2 (בָּאוּר but compare Co) Nahum 2:14 (בעשׁן).
3. consume = destroy (compare Pi.) 1 Kings 16:3 (followed by אַחֲרֵי).

II. [בָּעַר] verb denominative be brutish
Qal Imperfect יִבְעֲרוּ Jeremiah 10:8 (|| יכסלו) be stupid, dull-hearted, unreceptive; compare Participle plural בֹּעֲרִים Psalm 94:8 (|| כסילים); of inhuman, cruel, barbarous men Ezekiel 21:36 [Ezekiel 21:31].
Niph. Perfect נִבְעַר Jeremiah 10:14; Jeremiah 51:17, נִבְעֲרוּ Jeremiah 10:21; Participle נִבְעָרָ֑ה Isaiah 19:11; — brutish, stupid Isaiah 19:11 (עצה, || אויל); dull-hearted, ignorant of God Jeremiah 10:14,21; Jeremiah 51:17. **Jer 10:14 = Jeremiah 51:17 rather stupefied (by spectacle Jeremiah 10:13 = Jeremiah 51:16).
Pi. Perfect וּבִעֵר consecutive Exodus 22:4 feed, graze (בשׂדה אחר).
Hiph. Imperfect יַבְעֶר־ Exodus 22:4 cause to be grazed over, followed by שׂדה.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

3:2; 3:2; 3:3; 3:3; 22:4; 22:4; 22:5; 22:5; 35:3; 35:3

Leviticus

6:5; 6:5

Numbers

11:1; 11:3; 11:3; 24:22

Deuteronomy

4:11; 5:20; 9:15; 13:6; 13:6; 17:7; 17:12; 19:13; 19:19; 21:9; 21:9; 21:21; 22:21; 22:22; 22:24; 24:7; 26:13; 26:14

Judges

15:5; 15:5; 15:5; 15:5; 15:14; 15:14; 20:13; 20:13

2 Samuel

4:11; 22:9; 22:13; 22:13

1 Kings

14:10; 14:10; 14:10; 16:3; 16:3; 21:21; 22:47; 22:47

2 Kings

23:24; 23:24

2 Chronicles

4:20; 13:11; 19:3; 19:3; 28:3; 28:3

Nehemiah

10:35

Esther

1:12

Job

1:16

Psalms

2:12; 2:12; 18; 18:8; 39:4; 79:5; 83:15; 89:47; 94:8; 106:18

Isaiah

1:31; 1:31; 3:14; 4:4; 5:5; 6:13; 9:17; 10:17; 10:17; 19:11; 19:11; 30:27; 30:33; 30:33; 34:9; 34:9; 40:16; 42:25; 43:2; 44:15; 50:11; 62:1

Jeremiah

4:4; 7:18; 7:18; 7:20; 10:8; 10:13; 10:14; 10:14; 10:14; 10:21; 10:21; 20:9; 20:9; 21:12; 36:22; 44:6; 51:16; 51:17; 51:17; 51:17

Lamentations

2:5

Ezekiel

1:13; 5:2; 5:2; 21:4; 21:31; 39:9; 39:9; 39:10; 39:10

Hosea

7:4; 7:4; 7:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1197 matches the Hebrew בָּעַר (bāʿar),
which occurs 94 times in 90 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Psa 106:18–Mal 4:1)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:18 -

And a fire blazed H1197 up H1197 in their [fn]company;

The flame consumed the wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:31 -

The strong man will become like [fn]flax fiber,

And his work a spark.

So they shall both burn H1197 together

And there will be no one to extinguish them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:14 -

The LORD enters into judgment with the elders and leaders of His people,

“It is you who have [fn]devoured H1197 the vineyard;

The goods stolen from the poor are in your houses.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:4 - When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and [fn]purged the bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of [fn]burning H1197,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:5 -

“So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard:

I will remove its hedge and it will be consumed H1197;

I will break down its wall and it will become trampled ground.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:13 -

“Yet there will still be a tenth portion in it,

And it will again be subject to burning H1197,

Like a terebinth or an oak

Whose stump remains when it is cut down.

The holy seed is its stump.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:18 -

For wickedness burns H1197 like a fire;

It consumes briars and thorns;

It also sets the thickets of the forest aflame

And they roll upward in a column of smoke.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:17 -

And the Light of Israel will become a fire and [fn]Israel’s Holy One a flame,

And it will burn H1197 and devour [fn]his thorns and his briars in a single day.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 -

The officials of [fn]Zoan are mere fools;

The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become H1197 [fn]stupid H1197.

How can you say to Pharaoh,

“I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:27 -

Behold, the name of the LORD comes from a [fn]remote place;

His anger is burning H1197 and [fn]dense with [fn]smoke;

His lips are filled with indignation,

And His tongue is like a consuming fire;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:33 -

For [fn]Topheth has long been ready,

Indeed, it has been prepared for the king.

He has made it deep and large,

[fn]A pyre of fire with plenty of wood;

The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of brimstone, sets H1197 it afire H1197.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:9 -

[fn]Its streams will be turned into pitch,

And its loose earth into brimstone,

And its land will become burning H1197 pitch.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:16 -

Even Lebanon is not enough to [fn]burn H1197,

Nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:25 -

So He poured out on him the heat of His anger

And the fierceness of battle;

And it set him aflame all around,

Yet he did not recognize it;

And it burned H1197 him, but he [fn]paid no attention.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:2 -

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;

And through the rivers, they will not overflow you.

When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched,

Nor will the flame burn H1197 you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15 - Then it becomes something for a person to burn H1197, so he takes one of them and gets warm; he also makes a fire and bakes bread. He also makes a god and worships it; he makes it a carved image and bows down before it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:11 -

Behold, all you who kindle a fire,

Who encircle yourselves with flaming arrows,

Walk in the light of your fire

And among the flaming arrows you have set H1197 ablaze H1197.

This you will have from My hand:

You will lie down in torment.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1 -

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,

And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,

Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness,

And her salvation like a torch that is burning H1197.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:4 -

“Circumcise yourselves to the LORD

And remove the foreskins of your hearts,

Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,

Or else My wrath will spread like fire

And burn H1197 with no one to quench it,

Because of the evil of your deeds.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - “The [fn]children gather wood, the fathers kindle H1197 the fire, and the women knead dough to make sacrificial cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to provoke Me to anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:20 - Therefore this is what the Lord [fn]GOD says: “Behold, My anger and My wrath will be poured out on this place, on human and animal life, and on the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; and it will burn H1197 and not be quenched.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:8 -

But they are H1197 altogether stupid H1197 and foolish;

The instruction from idols is nothing but wood!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:14 -

Every person is H1197 stupid H1197, devoid of knowledge;

Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,

For his cast metal images are deceitful,

And there is no breath in them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:21 -

For the shepherds have become H1197 stupid H1197

And have not sought the LORD.

Therefore they have not prospered,

And all their flock is scattered.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:9 -

But if I say, “I will not remember Him

Nor speak anymore in His name,”

Then in my heart it becomes like a burning H1197 fire

Shut up in my bones;

And I am tired of holding it in,

And I cannot endure it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - house of David, this is what the LORD says:

“Administer justice [fn]every morning;

And save the person who has been robbed from the [fn]power of his oppressor,

So that My wrath will not spread like fire

And burn H1197, with no one to extinguish it,

Because of the evil of their deeds.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:22 - Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, with a fire burning H1197 in the brazier before him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:6 - ‘Therefore My wrath and My anger gushed out and burned H1197 in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so they have become ruins and a desolation as it is this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:17 -

Every person is H1197 stupid H1197, devoid of knowledge;

Every goldsmith is put to shame by his [fn]idols,

For his cast metal images are deceitful,

And there is no breath in them.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:3 -

In fierce anger He has cut off

[fn]All the strength of Israel;

He has pulled back His right hand

From the enemy.

And He has burned H1197 in Jacob like a flaming fire

Consuming on all sides.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:13 - [fn]In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning H1197 coals of fire, [fn]like torches moving among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was [fn]flashing from the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:2 - “A third you shall burn H1197 in the fire at the center of the city, when the days of the siege are completed. Then you shall take a third and strike it with the sword all around [fn]the city, and a third you shall scatter to the wind; for I will unsheathe a sword behind them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:48 - “And all [fn]mankind will see that I, the LORD, have kindled H1197 it; it will not go out.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:31 - ‘I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and I will hand you over to brutal H1197 men, craftsmen of destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:9 -

“Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will go out and make H1197 fires H1197 with the weapons and burn them, both [fn]bucklers and shields, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears, and for seven years they will make H1197 fires of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10 - “They will not take wood from the field or gather firewood from the forests, because they will make H1197 fires with the weapons; and they will take the spoils of those who plundered them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them,” declares the Lord GOD.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:4 -

They are all adulterers,

Like an oven heated H1197 by the baker,

Who stops [fn]stoking the fire

From the time the dough is kneaded until it is leavened.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:6 -

For their hearts are like an oven

As they approach their [fn]plotting;

Their [fn]anger [fn]smolders all night,

In the morning it burns H1197 like flaming fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13 -

“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of armies. “I will burn H1197 up H1197 her chariots in smoke, and a sword will devour your young lions; I will eliminate your prey from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers be heard.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:1 -

[fn]For behold, the day is coming, burning H1197 like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of armies, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branches.


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