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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 1 / 2 (Exo 3:2–Psa 94:8)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:2 - The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. He looked - and the bush was ablaze with fire, but it was not being consumed!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:3 - So Moses thought, "I will turn aside to see this amazing sight. Why does the bush not burn up?"
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:5 - "If a man grazes his livestock in a field or a vineyard, and he lets the livestock loose and they graze in the field of another man, he must make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:6 - "If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or standing grain or the whole field is consumed, the one who started the fire must surely make restitution.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:3 - You must not kindle a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day."
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:12 - but the fire which is on the altar must be kept burning on it. It must not be extinguished. So the priest must kindle wood on it morning by morning, and he must arrange the burnt offering on it and offer the fat of the peace offering up in smoke on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:1 - When the people complained, it displeased the LORD. When the LORD heard it, his anger burned, and so the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outer parts of the camp.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:3 - So he called the name of that place Taberah because there the fire of the LORD burned among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:22 - Nevertheless the Kenite will be consumed. How long will Asshur take you away captive?"
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11 - You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - Then, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness while the mountain was ablaze, all your tribal leaders and elders approached me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:15 - So I turned and went down the mountain while it was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5 - As for that prophet or dreamer, he must be executed because he encouraged rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, redeeming you from that place of slavery, and because he has tried to entice you from the way the LORD your God has commanded you to go. In this way you must purge out evil from within.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:7 - The witnesses must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:12 - The person who pays no attention to the priest currently serving the LORD your God there, or to the verdict - that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:13 - You must not pity him, but purge out the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:19 - you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:9 - In this manner you will purge out the guilt of innocent blood from among you, for you must do what is right before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:21 - Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out wickedness from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:21 - the men of her city must bring the young woman to the door of her father's house and stone her to death, for she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by behaving like a prostitute while living in her father's house. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:22 - If a man is caught having sexual relations with a married woman both the man who had relations with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24 - you must bring the two of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry out though in the city and the man because he violated his neighbor's fiancée; in this way you will purge evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:7 - If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites, and regards him as mere property and sells him, that kidnapper must die. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - Then you shall say before the LORD your God, "I have removed the sacred offering from my house and given it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows just as you have commanded me. I have not violated or forgotten your commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:14 - I have not eaten anything when I was in mourning, or removed any of it while ceremonially unclean, or offered any of it to the dead; I have obeyed you and have done everything you have commanded me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:5 - He lit the torches and set the jackals loose in the Philistines' standing grain. He burned up the grain heaps and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:14 - When he arrived in Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they approached him. But the LORD's spirit empowered him. The ropes around his arms were like flax dissolving in fire, and they melted away from his hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:13 - Now, hand over the good-for-nothings in Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of wickedness." But the Benjaminites refused to listen to their Israelite brothers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:11 - Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth?"
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:9 - Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:13 - From the brightness in front of him came coals of fire.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:10 - So I am ready to bring disaster on the dynasty of Jeroboam. I will cut off every last male belonging to Jeroboam in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated. I will burn up the dynasty of Jeroboam, just as one burns manure until it is completely consumed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:3 - So I am ready to burn up Baasha and his family, and make your family like the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:21 - The LORD says, 'Look, I am ready to bring disaster on you. I will destroy you and cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:46 - He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:24 - Josiah also got rid of the ritual pits used to conjure up spirits, the magicians, personal idols, disgusting images, and all the detestable idols that had appeared in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. In this way he carried out the terms of the law recorded on the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the LORD's temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20 - the pure gold lampstands and their lamps which burned as specified at the entrance to the inner sanctuary,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - They offer burnt sacrifices to the LORD every morning and every evening, along with fragrant incense. They arrange the Bread of the Presence on a ritually clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. Certainly we are observing the LORD our God's regulations, but you have rejected him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3 - Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the LORD."
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:3 - He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire, a horrible sin practiced by the nations whom the LORD drove out before the Israelites.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:34 - "We - the priests, the Levites, and the people - have cast lots concerning the wood offerings, to bring them to the temple of our God according to our families at the designated times year by year to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as is written in the law.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's bidding conveyed through the eunuchs. Then the king became extremely angry, and his rage consumed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:16 - While this one was still speaking, another messenger arrived and said, "The fire of God has fallen from heaven and has burned up the sheep and the servants - it has consumed them! And I - only I alone - escaped to tell you!"
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:12 - Give sincere homage! Otherwise he will be angry, and you will die because of your behavior, when his anger quickly ignites. How blessed are all who take shelter in him!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:8 - Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:3 - my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:5 - How long will this go on, O LORD? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:14 - Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:46 - How long, O LORD, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:8 - Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand?

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