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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

H1254

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:1 - In the beginning H7225 God H430 created H1254 the heavens H8064 and the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21 - God H430 created H1254 the great H1419 sea H8577 monsters H8577 and every H3605 living H2416 creature H5315 that moves, H7430 with which H834 the waters H4325 swarmed H8317 after their kind, H4327 and every H3605 winged H3671 bird H5775 after its kind; H4327 and God H430 saw H7200 that it was good. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27 - God H430 created H1254 man H120 in His own image, H6754 in the image H6754 of God H430 He created H1254 him; male H2145 and female H5347 He created H1254 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:3 - Then God H430 blessed H1288 the seventh H7637 day H3117 and sanctified H6942 it, because H3588 in it He rested H7673 from all H3605 His work H4399 which H834 God H430 had created H1254 [fn]and made. H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:4 - [fn]This H428 is the account H8435 of the heavens H8064 and the earth H776 when they were created, H1254 in the day H3117 that the LORD H3068 God H430 made H6213 earth H776 and heaven. H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:1 - This H2088 is the book H5612 of the generations H8435 of Adam. H121 In the day H3117 when God H430 created H1254 man, H120 He made H6213 him in the likeness H1823 of God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 - He created H1254 them male H2145 and female, H5347 and He blessed H1288 them and named H7121 H8034 them [fn]Man H120 in the day H3117 when they were created. H1254

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 - The LORD H3068 said, H559 “I will blot H4229 out man H120 whom H834 I have created H1254 from the face H6440 of the land, H127 from man H120 to animals H929 to creeping H7431 things H7431 and to birds H5775 of the [fn]sky; H8064 for I am H5162 sorry H5162 that I have made H6213 them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10 - Then [fn]God said, H559 “Behold, H2009 I am going to make H3772 a covenant. H1285 Before H5048 all H3605 your people H5971 I will perform H6213 miracles H6381 which H834 have not been [fn]produced H1254 in all H3605 the earth H776 nor H3808 among any H3605 of the nations; H1471 and all H3605 the people H5971 [fn]among H7130 whom H834 you live will see H7200 the working H4639 of the LORD, H3068 for it is a fearful H3372 thing H3372 that I am going to perform H6213 with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - “But if H518 the LORD H3068 [fn]brings H1254 about H1254 an entirely H1278 new H1278 thing H1278 and the ground H127 opens H6475 its mouth H6310 and swallows H1104 them up with all H3605 that is theirs, H1992 and they descend H3381 alive H2416 into [fn]Sheol, H7585 then you will understand H3045 that these H428 men H376 have spurned H5006 the LORD.” H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:32 - “Indeed, H3588 ask H7592 now H4994 concerning the former H7223 days H3117 which H834 were before H6440 you, since H4480 the day H3117 that God H430 created H1254 [fn]man H120 on the earth, H776 and inquire from one end H7097 of the heavens H8064 to the other. H7097 H8064 Has anything been done H1961 like this H2088 great H1419 thing, H1697 or H176 has anything been heard H8085 like H3644 it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:15 - Joshua H3091 said H559 to them, “If H518 you are a numerous H7227 people, H5971 go H5927 [fn]up to the forest H3293 and [fn]clear H1254 a place for yourself there H8033 in the land H776 of the Perizzites H6522 and of the Rephaim, H7497 since H3588 the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669 is too narrow H213 for you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:18 - but the hill H2022 country H2022 shall be yours. For though it is a forest, H3293 you shall [fn]clear H1254 it, and to its [fn]farthest H8444 borders H8444 it shall be yours; for you shall [fn]drive H3423 out the Canaanites, H3669 even H3588 though H3588 they have chariots H7393 of iron H1270 and though H3588 they are strong.” H2389

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - ‘Why H4100 do you kick H1163 at My sacrifice H2077 and at My offering H4503 which H834 I have commanded H6680 in My dwelling, H4583 and honor H3513 your sons H1121 above H4480 Me, by making H1254 yourselves fat H1254 with the [fn]choicest H7225 of every H3605 offering H4503 of My people H5971 Israel?’ H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:10 - Create H1254 [fn]in me a clean H2889 heart, H3820 O God, H430
And renew H2318 [fn]a steadfast H3559 spirit H7307 within H7130 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12 - The north H6828 and the south, H3225 You have created H1254 them;
Tabor H8396 and Hermon H2768 shout H7442 for joy H7442 at Your name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47 - Remember H2142 [fn]what H4100 my span H2465 of life H2465 is;
For what H4100 vanity H7723 [fn]You have created H1254 all H3605 the sons H1121 of men! H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18 - [fn]This H2088 will be written H3789 for the generation H1755 to come, H314
[fn]That a people H5971 yet to be created H1254 [fn]may praise H1984 [fn]the LORD. H3050

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:30 - You send H7971 forth Your [fn]Spirit, H7307 they are created; H1254
And You renew H2318 the face H6440 of the ground. H127

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:5 - Let them praise H1984 the name H8034 of the LORD, H3068
For He commanded H6680 and they were created. H1254

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:1 - Remember H2142 also your Creator H1254 in the days H3117 of your youth, H979 before H5704 H834 H3808 the evil H7451 days H3117 come H935 and the years H8141 draw H5060 near H5060 when H834 you will say, H559 “I have H369 no H369 delight H2656 in them”;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5 - then the LORD H3068 will create H1254 over H5921 the whole H3605 area H4349 of Mount H2022 Zion H6726 and over H5921 her assemblies H4744 a cloud H6051 by day, H3119 even smoke, H6227 and the brightness H5051 of a flaming H3852 fire H784 by night; H3915 for over H5921 all H3605 the glory H3519 will be a canopy. H2646

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:26 - Lift H5375 up your eyes H5869 on high H4791
And see H7200 who H4310 has created H1254 these H428 stars,
The One who leads H3318 forth H3318 their host H6635 by number, H4557
He calls H7121 them all H3605 by name; H8034
Because H4480 of the greatness H7230 of His might H202 and the [fn]strength H533 of His power, H3581
Not one H376 of them is missing. H5737

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 - Do you not know? H3045 Have you not heard? H8085
The Everlasting H5769 God, H430 the LORD, H3068 the Creator H1254 of the ends H7098 of the earth H776
Does not become H3286 weary H3286 or tired. H3021
His understanding H8394 is inscrutable. H369 H2714

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:20 - That they may see H7200 and recognize, H3045
And consider H7760 and gain H7919 insight H7919 as well, H3162
That the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 has done H6213 this, H2088
And the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478 has created H1254 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:5 - Thus H3541 says H559 God H410 the LORD, H3068
Who created H1254 the heavens H8064 and stretched H5186 them out,
Who spread H7554 out the earth H776 and its [fn]offspring, H6631
Who gives H5414 breath H5397 to the people H5971 on it
And spirit H7307 to those who walk H1980 in it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:1 - But now, H6258 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 your Creator, H1254 O Jacob, H3290
And He who formed H3335 you, O Israel, H3478
“Do not fear, H3372 for I have redeemed H1350 you;
I have called H7121 you by name; H8034 you are Mine!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:7 - Everyone H3605 who is called H7121 by My name, H8034
And whom I have created H1254 for My glory, H3519
Whom I have formed, H3335 even H637 whom I have made.” H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:15 - “I am the LORD, H3068 your Holy H6918 One, H6918
The Creator H1254 of Israel, H3478 your King.” H4428

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:7 - The One forming H3335 light H216 and creating H1254 darkness, H2822
Causing H6213 [fn]well-being H7965 and creating H1254 calamity; H7451
I am the LORD H3068 who does H6213 all H3605 these. H428

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8 - “Drip H7491 down, H7491 O heavens, H8064 from above, H4605
And let the clouds H7834 pour H5140 down H5140 righteousness; H6664
Let the earth H776 open H6605 up and salvation H3468 bear H6509 fruit, H6509
And righteousness H6666 spring H6779 up with it.
I, the LORD, H3068 have created H1254 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:12 - “It is I who made H6213 the earth, H776 and created H1254 man H120 upon it.
I stretched H5186 out the heavens H8064 with My hands H3027
And I [fn]ordained H6680 all H3605 their host. H6635

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:18 - For thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 who created H1254 the heavens H8064 (He is the God H430 who formed H3335 the earth H776 and made H6213 it, He established H3559 it and did not create H1254 it [fn]a waste H8414 place, H8414 but formed H3335 it to be inhabited), H3427
“I am the LORD, H3068 and there H369 is none H369 else. H5750

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:7 - “They are created H1254 now H6258 and not long H227 ago; H227
And before H6440 today H3117 you have not heard H8085 them,
So that you will not say, H559 ‘Behold, H2009 I knew H3045 them.’

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And brings H3318 out a weapon H3627 for its work; H4639
And I have created H1254 the destroyer H7843 to ruin. H2254

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:19 - Creating H1254 the [fn]praise H5108 of the lips. H8193
Peace, H7965 peace H7965 to him who is far H7350 and to him who is near,” H7138
Says H559 the LORD, H3068 “and I will heal H7495 him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:17 - “For behold, H2009 I create H1254 new H2319 heavens H8064 and a new H2319 earth; H776
And the former H7223 things H7223 will not be remembered H2142 or come H5927 to [fn]mind. H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:18 - “But be glad H7797 and rejoice H1523 forever H5703 in what H834 I create; H1254
For behold, H2009 I create H1254 Jerusalem H3389 for rejoicing H1525
And her people H5971 for gladness. H4885

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - “How H4970 long H5704 H4970 will you go H2559 here H2559 and there, H2559
O faithless H7728 daughter? H1323
For the LORD H3068 has created H1254 a new H2319 thing H2319 in the earth H776—
A woman H5347 will encompass H5437 a man.” H1397

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 - “You were in Eden, H5731 the garden H1588 of God; H430
Every H3605 precious H3368 stone H68 was your covering: H4540
The ruby, H124 the topaz H6357 and the diamond; H3095
The beryl, H8658 the onyx H7718 and the jasper; H3471
The lapis H5601 lazuli, H5601 the turquoise H5306 and the emerald; H1304
And the gold, H2091 the workmanship H4399 of your [fn]settings H8596 and [fn]sockets, H5345
Was in you.
On the day H3117 that you were created H1254
They were prepared. H3559

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:15 - “You were blameless H8549 in your ways H1870
From the day H3117 you were created H1254
Until H5704 unrighteousness H5766 was found H4672 in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13 - For behold, H2009 He who forms H3335 mountains H2022 and creates H1254 the wind H7307
And declares H5046 to man H120 what H4100 are His thoughts, H7808
He who makes H6213 dawn H7837 into darkness H5890
And treads H1869 on the high H1116 places H1116 of the earth, H776
The LORD H3068 God H430 of hosts H6635 is His name. H8034

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