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Lexicon :: Strong's H1262 - bārâ

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בָּרָה
Transliteration
bārâ
Pronunciation
baw-raw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 281

Strong’s Definitions

בָּרָה bârâh, baw-raw'; a primitive root; to select; also (as denominative from H1250) to feed; also (as equivalent to H1305) to render clear (Ecclesiastes 3:18) to select; to feed; to render clear:—choose, (cause to) eat, manifest, (give) meat.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H1262 in the following manner: eat (4x), choose (1x), give (1x), cause to eat.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H1262 in the following manner: eat (4x), choose (1x), give (1x), cause to eat.

  1. to eat, consume

    1. (Qal) to eat

    2. (Piel) for eating, devouring

    3. (Hiphil) to cause to eat

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּרָה bârâh, baw-raw'; a primitive root; to select; also (as denominative from H1250) to feed; also (as equivalent to H1305) to render clear (Ecclesiastes 3:18) to select; to feed; to render clear:—choose, (cause to) eat, manifest, (give) meat.
STRONGS H1262: Abbreviations
† I. בָּרָה verb eat (Assyrian barû & derivatives ZimBP 31) —
Qal Perfect 2 Samuel 12:17; Imperfect אֶבְרֶה 2 Samuel 13:6, 10 eat bread (בְּרוּ־לְכֶם 1 Samuel 17:8 scribal error for בחרו לכם 1 Kings 18:25 DrSm 107).
Pi. Infinitive לְבָרוֺת Lamentations 4:10 for devouring.
Hiph. Imperfect תַּבְרֵנִי 2 Samuel 13:5; Infinitive לְהַבְרוֺת 2 Samuel 3:35 cause to eat bread.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

17:8

2 Samuel

3:35; 12:17; 13:5; 13:6; 13:10

1 Kings

18:25

Lamentations

4:10

H1262

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Strong's Number H1262 matches the Hebrew בָּרָה (bārâ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:8 - And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose H1262 you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:35 - And when all the people came to cause H1262 ➔ David to eat H1262 meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:17 - And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat H1262 bread with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give H1262 me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat H1262 at her hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:10 - And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat H1262 of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:10 - The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat H1262 in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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