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Lexicon :: Strong's H1254 - bārā'

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בָּרָא
Transliteration
bārā'
Pronunciation
baw-raw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 278

Strong’s Definitions

בָּרָא bârâʼ, baw-raw'; a primitive root; (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes):—choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

The KJV translates Strong's H1254 in the following manner: create (42x), creator (3x), choose (2x), make (2x), cut down (2x), dispatch (1x), done (1x), make fat (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x
The KJV translates Strong's H1254 in the following manner: create (42x), creator (3x), choose (2x), make (2x), cut down (2x), dispatch (1x), done (1x), make fat (1x).
  1. to create, shape, form

    1. (Qal) to shape, fashion, create (always with God as subject)

      1. of heaven and earth

      2. of individual man

      3. of new conditions and circumstances

      4. of transformations

    2. (Niphal) to be created

      1. of heaven and earth

      2. of birth

      3. of something new

      4. of miracles

    3. (Piel)

      1. to cut down

      2. to cut out

  2. to be fat

    1. (Hiphil) to make yourselves fat

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּרָא bârâʼ, baw-raw'; a primitive root; (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes):—choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).
STRONGS H1254: Abbreviations
† I. בָּרָא 53 verb shape, create (compare Arabic بَرِئَ probably loan-word, form, fashion by cutting, shape out, pare a reed for writing, a stick for an arrow, but also بَرِأَ, create; Phoenician הברא CISi. 347 incisor, a trade involving cutting; Assyrian barû, make, create, COTGloss & Hpt KAT2 Gloss 1 but dubious; Sabean ברא found, build, DHMZMG 1883, 413, synonym בנה; BaZA. 1888, 58, compare Assyrian banû, create, beget, with change of liquid; Aramaic בְּרָא, axrb, create) —
Qal Perfect Genesis 1:1 + 19 times; Imperfect יִבְרָא Genesis 1:21, 27; Numbers 16:30; Infinitive בְּראֹ Genesis 5:1; Imperative בְּרָא Psalm 51:12; Participle בּוֺרֵא Isaiah 42:5 + 10 times; suffix בֹּרַאֲךָ Isaiah 43:1; בּוֺרְאֶיךָ Ecclesiastes 12:1; — shape, fashion, create, always of divine activity, with accusative of thing, seldom except in P and Isa2.
1. object heaven and earth Genesis 1:1; Genesis 2:3 (P) Isaiah 45:18 (twice in verse); mankind Genesis 1:27 (3 times in verse); Genesis 5:1, 2(P) Genesis 6:7 (J) Deuteronomy 4:32; Psalm 89:48; Isaiah 45:12; the host of heaven Isaiah 40:26; heavens Isaiah 42:5; ends of the earth Isaiah 40:28; north and south Psalm 89:13; wind Amos 4:13; the תנינים Genesis 1:21 (P).
2. the individual man Malachi 2:10 (|| father) Ecclesiastes 12:1; the smith and the waster Isaiah 54:16 (twice in verse); Israel as a nation Isaiah 43:15; Jacob Isaiah 43:1; the seed of Israel Isaiah 43:7.
3. new conditions and circumstances: righteousness and salvation Isaiah 45:8; darkness and evil Isaiah 45:7; fruit of the lips Isaiah 57:19; a new thing חֲדָשָׁה (a woman encompassing a man) Jeremiah 31:22; בְּרִיאָה (swallowing up the Korahites) Numbers 16:30 (J); cloud and flame over Zion Isaiah 4:5.
4. of transformations: a clean heart Psalm 51:12 [Psalm 51:10] (|| חִדֵּשׁ); new heaven and earth Isaiah 65:17 (in place of old); transformation of nature Isaiah 41:20; with double accusative בורא ירושׁלם גילה transform Jerusalem into rejoicing Isaiah 65:18.
Niph. Perfect 2nd person feminine singular נִבְרֵאתְ Ezekiel 21:35; 3rd person plural נִבְרְאוּ Exodus 34:10 + 2 times; Imperfect יִבָּרֵא֑וּן Psalm 104:30; Infinitive suffix הִבָּרַאֲךָ Ezekiel 28:13; הִבָּֽרְאָךְ Ezekiel 28:15; הִבָּֽרְאָם Genesis 2:4; Genesis 5:2; Participle נִבְרָא Psalm 102:19; — Pass.
1. be created: heaven and earth Genesis 2:4 (P); creatures Psalm 104:30; mankind Genesis 5:2 (P); heavens Psalm 148:5.
2. with reference to birth: במקום אשׁר נבראת in the place where thou wast created (i.e. native land) Ezekiel 21:35; יום הבראך day when thou wast created (king of Tyre) Ezekiel 28:13, 15 (compare היום ילדתיך Psalm 2:7); עַם נִבְרָא Psalm 102:19 (|| עַם נוֺלָד Psalm 22:32).
3. of something new, astonishing: miracles Exodus 34:10 (J); new things, חדשׁות Isaiah 48:6.
Pi. Perfect בֵּרֵאתָ Joshua 17:15; בֵּרֵאתוֺ Joshua 17:18; Infinitive absolute בָּרֵא Ezekiel 21:24 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 23:47; —
1. cut down: a forest Joshua 17:15, 18 (J); וּבָרֵא אוֺתְהֶן בְּחַרְבוֺתָם Ezekiel 23:47.
2. cut out: יָד hand, as an index Ezekiel 21:24 (twice in verse).

† II. [בָּרָא] verb be fat (Arabic بَرِئَ be free of a thing, sound, healthy; see מרא) —
Hiph. Infinitive לְהַבְרִיאֲכֶם 1 Samuel 2:29 to make yourselves fat.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:1; 1:1; 1:21; 1:21; 1:27; 1:27; 2:3; 2:4; 2:4; 5:1; 5:1; 5:2; 5:2; 5:2; 6:7

Exodus

34:10; 34:10

Numbers

16:30; 16:30

Deuteronomy

4:32

Joshua

17:15; 17:15; 17:18; 17:18

1 Samuel

2:29

Psalms

2:7; 51:10; 51:12; 89:13; 89:48; 102:19; 102:19; 104:30; 104:30; 148:5

Ecclesiastes

12:1; 12:1

Isaiah

4:5; 40:26; 40:28; 41:20; 42:5; 42:5; 43:1; 43:1; 43:7; 43:15; 45:7; 45:8; 45:12; 45:18; 48:6; 54:16; 57:19; 65:17; 65:18

Jeremiah

31:22

Ezekiel

21:24; 21:24; 23:47; 23:47; 28:13; 28:13; 28:15; 28:15

Amos

4:13

Malachi

2:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1254 matches the Hebrew בָּרָא (bārā'),
which occurs 54 times in 46 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:1 -

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21 -

So God created the large sea-creatures and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water, according to their kinds. He also created every winged creature according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27 -

So God created man in his own image;

he created him in the image of God;

he created them male and female.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:3 -

God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it he rested from all his work of creation.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:4 -

These are the records of the heavens and the earth, concerning their creation. At the time[fn] that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:1 -

This is the document containing the family[fn] records of Adam.[fn] On the day that God created man,[fn] he made him in the likeness of God;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 -

he created them male and female. When they were created, he blessed them and called them mankind.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 -

Then the LORD said, “I will wipe mankind, whom I created, off the face of the earth, together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky ​— ​for I regret that I made them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10 -

And the LORD responded, “Look, I am making a covenant. In the presence of all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done[fn] in the whole earth or in any nation. All the people you live among will see the LORD’s work, for what I am doing with you is awe-inspiring.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 -

“But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them along with all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have despised the LORD.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:32 -

“Indeed, ask about the earlier days that preceded you, from the day God created mankind[fn] on the earth and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything like this great event ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of?

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:15 -

“If you have so many people,” Joshua replied to them, “go to the forest and clear an area for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, because Ephraim’s hill country is too small for you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:18 -

“because the hill country will be yours also. It is a forest; clear it and its outlying areas will be yours. You can also drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and are strong.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 -

“Why, then, do all of you despise my sacrifices and offerings that I require at the place of worship? You have honored your sons more than me, by making yourselves fat with the best part of all of the offerings of my people Israel.’

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:10 -

God, create a clean heart for me

and renew a steadfast[fn] spirit within me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12 -

North and south ​— ​you created them.

Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at your name.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47 -

Remember how short my life is.

Have you created everyone for nothing?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18 -

This will be written for a later generation,

and a people who have not yet been created will praise the LORD:

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:30 -

When you send your breath,[fn]

they are created,

and you renew the surface of the ground.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:5 -

Let them praise the name of the LORD,

for he commanded, and they were created.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:1 -

So remember your Creator in the days of your youth:

Before the days of adversity come,

and the years approach when you will say,

“I have no delight in them”;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5 -

Then the LORD will create a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night over the entire site of Mount Zion and over its assemblies. For there will be a canopy over all the glory,[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:26 -

Look up and see!

Who created these?

He brings out the stars by number;

he calls all of them by name.

Because of his great power and strength,

not one of them is missing.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 -

Do you not know?

Have you not heard?

The LORD is the everlasting God,

the Creator of the whole earth.

He never becomes faint or weary;

there is no limit to his understanding.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:20 -

so that all may see and know,

consider and understand,

that the hand of the LORD has done this,

the Holy One of Israel has created it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:5 -

This is what God, the LORD, says —

who created the heavens and stretched them out,

who spread out the earth and what comes from it,

who gives breath to the people on it

and spirit to those who walk on it —

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:1 -

Now this is what the LORD says —

the one who created you, Jacob,

and the one who formed you, Israel —

“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;

I have called you by your name; you are mine.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:7 -

“everyone who bears my name

and is created for my glory.

I have formed them; indeed, I have made them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:15 -

I am the LORD, your Holy One,

the Creator of Israel, your King.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:7 -

“I form light and create darkness,

I make success and create disaster;

I am the LORD, who does all these things.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8 -

“Heavens, sprinkle from above,

and let the skies shower righteousness.

Let the earth open up

so that salvation will sprout

and righteousness will spring up with it.

I, the LORD, have created it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:12 -

“I made the earth,

and created humans on it.

It was my hands that stretched out the heavens,

and I commanded everything in them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:18 -

For this is what the LORD says —

the Creator of the heavens,

the God who formed the earth and made it,

the one who established it

(he did not create it to be a wasteland,

but formed it to be inhabited) —

he says, “I am the LORD,

and there is no other.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:7 -

“They have been created now, and not long ago;

you have not heard of them before today,

so you could not claim, ‘I already knew them! ’

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 -

“Look, I have created the craftsman

who blows on the charcoal fire

and produces a weapon suitable for its task;

and I have created the destroyer to cause havoc.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:19 -

“creating words of praise.”[fn]

The LORD says,

“Peace, peace to the one who is far or near,

and I will heal him.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:17 -

“For I will create new heavens and a new earth;

the past events will not be remembered or come to mind.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:18 -

“Then be glad and rejoice forever

in what I am creating;

for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy

and its people to be a delight.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 -

How long will you turn here and there,

faithless daughter?

For the LORD creates something new in the land[fn] —

a female[fn] will shelter[fn] a man.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:19 -

“Now you, son of man, mark out two roads that the sword of Babylon’s king can take. Both of them should originate from the same land. And make a signpost at the fork in the road to each city.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:30 -

“ ‘Return it to its sheath!

“ ‘I will judge you[fn]

in the place where you were created,

in the land of your origin.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:47 -

“The assembly will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 -

“You were in Eden, the garden of God.

Every kind of precious stone covered you:

carnelian, topaz, and diamond,[fn]

beryl, onyx, and jasper,

lapis lazuli, turquoise[fn] and emerald.[fn]

Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold;

they were prepared on the day you were created.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:15 -

“From the day you were created

you were blameless in your ways

until wickedness was found in you.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13 -

He is here:

the one who forms the mountains,

creates the wind,

and reveals his thoughts to man,

the one who makes the dawn out of darkness

and strides on the heights of the earth.

The LORD, the God of Armies, is his name.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:10 -

Don’t all of us have one Father? Didn’t one God create us? Why then do we act treacherously against one another, profaning the covenant of our ancestors?

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