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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 - There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the middle of a bush. Moses stared in amazement. Though the bush was engulfed in flames, it didn’t burn up.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:3 - “This is amazing,” Moses said to himself. “Why isn’t that bush burning up? I must go see it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:5 - “If an animal is grazing in a field or vineyard and the owner lets it stray into someone else’s field to graze, then the animal’s owner must pay compensation from the best of his own grain or grapes.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:6 - “If you are burning thornbushes and the fire gets out of control and spreads into another person’s field, destroying the sheaves or the uncut grain or the whole crop, the one who started the fire must pay for the lost crop.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:3 - You must not even light a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:12 - Meanwhile, the fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must never go out. Each morning the priest will add fresh wood to the fire and arrange the burnt offering on it. He will then burn the fat of the peace offerings on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:1 - Soon the people began to complain about their hardship, and the LORD heard everything they said. Then the LORD’s anger blazed against them, and he sent a fire to rage among them, and he destroyed some of the people in the outskirts of the camp.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:3 - After that, the area was known as Taberah (which means “the place of burning”), because fire from the LORD had burned among them there.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:22 - But the Kenites will be destroyed
when Assyria[fn] takes you captive.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11 - “You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while flames from the mountain shot into the sky. The mountain was shrouded in black clouds and deep darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - “But when you heard the voice from the heart of the darkness, while the mountain was blazing with fire, all your tribal leaders and elders came to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:15 - “So while the mountain was blazing with fire I turned and came down, holding in my hands the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5 - The false prophets or visionaries who try to lead you astray must be put to death, for they encourage rebellion against the LORD your God, who redeemed you from slavery and brought you out of the land of Egypt. Since they try to lead you astray from the way the LORD your God commanded you to live, you must put them to death. In this way you will purge the evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:7 - The witnesses must throw the first stones, and then all the people may join in. In this way, you will purge the evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:12 - Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the LORD your God must die. In this way you will purge the evil from Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:13 - Do not feel sorry for that murderer! Purge from Israel the guilt of murdering innocent people; then all will go well with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:19 - you must impose on the accuser the sentence he intended for the other person. In this way, you will purge such evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:9 - By following these instructions, you will do what is right in the LORD’s sight and will cleanse the guilt of murder from your community.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:21 - Then all the men of his town must stone him to death. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:21 - The woman must be taken to the door of her father’s home, and there the men of the town must stone her to death, for she has committed a disgraceful crime in Israel by being promiscuous while living in her parents’ home. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:22 - “If a man is discovered committing adultery, both he and the woman must die. In this way, you will purge Israel of such evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24 - you must take both of them to the gates of that town and stone them to death. The woman is guilty because she did not scream for help. The man must die because he violated another man’s wife. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:7 - “If anyone kidnaps a fellow Israelite and treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. In this way, you will purge the evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - Then you must declare in the presence of the LORD your God, ‘I have taken the sacred gift from my house and have given it to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows, just as you commanded me. I have not violated or forgotten any of your commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:14 - I have not eaten any of it while in mourning; I have not handled it while I was ceremonially unclean; and I have not offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God and have done everything you commanded me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:5 - Then he lit the torches and let the foxes run through the grain fields of the Philistines. He burned all their grain to the ground, including the sheaves and the uncut grain. He also destroyed their vineyards and olive groves.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:14 - As Samson arrived at Lehi, the Philistines came shouting in triumph. But the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon Samson, and he snapped the ropes on his arms as if they were burnt strands of flax, and they fell from his wrists.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:13 - Give up those evil men, those troublemakers from Gibeah, so we can execute them and purge Israel of this evil.”
But the people of Benjamin would not listen.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:11 - How much more should I reward evil men who have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed? Shouldn’t I hold you responsible for his blood and rid the earth of you?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:9 - Smoke poured from his nostrils;
fierce flames leaped from his mouth.
Glowing coals blazed forth from him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:13 - A great brightness shone around him,
and burning coals[fn] blazed forth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:10 - I will bring disaster on your dynasty and will destroy every one of your male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in Israel. I will burn up your royal dynasty as one burns up trash until it is all gone.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:3 - So now I will destroy you and your family, just as I destroyed the descendants of Jeroboam son of Nebat.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:21 - So now the LORD says, ‘I will bring disaster on you and consume you. I will destroy every one of your male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in Israel!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:46 - He banished from the land the rest of the male and female shrine prostitutes, who still continued their practices from the days of his father, Asa.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:24 - Josiah also got rid of the mediums and psychics, the household gods, the idols,[fn] and every other kind of detestable practice, both in Jerusalem and throughout the land of Judah. He did this in obedience to the laws written in the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had found in the LORD’s Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20 - the lampstands and their lamps of solid gold, to burn in front of the Most Holy Place as prescribed;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - They present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD every morning and evening. They place the Bread of the Presence on the holy table, and they light the gold lampstand every evening. We are following the instructions of the LORD our God, but you have abandoned him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3 - Even so, there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles throughout the land, and you have committed yourself to seeking God.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:3 - He offered sacrifices in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, even sacrificing his own sons in the fire.[fn] In this way, he followed the detestable practices of the pagan nations the LORD had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:34 - “We have cast sacred lots to determine when—at regular times each year—the families of the priests, Levites, and the common people should bring wood to God’s Temple to be burned on the altar of the LORD our God, as is written in the Law.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - But when they conveyed the king’s order to Queen Vashti, she refused to come. This made the king furious, and he burned with anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:16 - While he was still speaking, another messenger arrived with this news: “The fire of God has fallen from heaven and burned up your sheep and all the shepherds. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:12 - Submit to God’s royal son,[fn] or he will become angry,
and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities—
for his anger flares up in an instant.
But what joy for all who take refuge in him!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:8 - Smoke poured from his nostrils;
fierce flames leaped from his mouth.
Glowing coals blazed forth from him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:3 - The more I thought about it,
the hotter I got,
igniting a fire of words:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:5 - O LORD, how long will you be angry with us? Forever?
How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:14 - As a fire burns a forest
and as a flame sets mountains ablaze,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:46 - O LORD, how long will this go on?
Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your anger burn like fire?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:8 - Think again, you fools!
When will you finally catch on?

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