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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 H5975 and cried H7121 unto the armies H4634 of Israel, H3478 and said H559 unto them, Why are ye come out H3318 to set your battle H4421 in array? H6186 am not I a Philistine, H6430 and ye servants H5650 to Saul? H7586 choose H1262 you a man H376 for you, and let him come down H3381 to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:35 - And when all H3605 the people H5971 came H935 to cause H1262 ➔ David H1732 to eat H1262 meat H3899 while it was yet H5750 day, H3117 David H1732 sware, H7650 saying, H559 So do H6213 God H430 to me, and more also, H3254 if I taste H2938 bread, H3899 or ought H3972 else, till H6440 the sun H8121 be down. H935

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:17 - And the elders H2205 of his house H1004 arose, H6965 and went to him, to raise him up H6965 from the earth: H776 but he would H14 not, neither did he eat H1262 bread H3899 with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - And Jonadab H3082 said H559 unto him, Lay thee down H7901 on thy bed, H4904 and make thyself sick: H2470 and when thy father H1 cometh H935 to see H7200 thee, say H559 unto him, I pray thee, let my sister H269 Tamar H8559 come, H935 and give H1262 me meat, H3899 and dress H6213 the meat H1279 in my sight, H5869 that I may see H7200 it, and eat H398 it at her hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - So Amnon H550 lay down, H7901 and made himself sick: H2470 and when the king H4428 was come H935 to see H7200 him, Amnon H550 said H559 unto the king, H4428 I pray thee, let Tamar H8559 my sister H269 come, H935 and make H3823 me a couple H8147 of cakes H3834 in my sight, H5869 that I may eat H1262 at her hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:10 - And Amnon H550 said H559 unto Tamar, H8559 Bring H935 the meat H1279 into the chamber, H2315 that I may eat H1262 of thine hand. H3027 And Tamar H8559 took H3947 the cakes H3834 which she had made, H6213 and brought H935 them into the chamber H2315 to Amnon H550 her brother. H251

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:10 - The hands H3027 of the pitiful H7362 women H802 have sodden H1310 their own children: H3206 they were their meat H1262 in the destruction H7667 of the daughter H1323 of my people. H5971
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