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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 standeth and calleth unto the ranks of Israel, and saith to them, 'Why are ye come out to set in array the battle? am not I the Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose for you a man, and let him come down unto me;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:35 - And all the people come to cause David to eat bread while yet day, and David sweareth, saying, 'Thus doth God to me, and thus He doth add, for -- before the going in of the sun, I taste no bread or any other thing.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:17 - And the elders of his house rise against him, to raise him up from the earth, and he hath not been willing, nor hath he eaten with them bread;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - And Jonadab saith to him, 'Lie down on thy couch, and feign thyself sick, and thy father hath come in to see thee, and thou hast said unto him, 'Let, I pray thee, Tamar my sister come in and give me bread to eat; and she hath made the food before mine eyes so that I see it, and have eaten from her hand.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - And Amnon lieth down, and feigneth himself sick, and the king cometh in to see him, and Amnon saith unto the king, 'Let, I pray thee, Tamar my sister come, and she maketh before mine eyes two cakes, and I eat from her hand.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:10 - And Amnon saith unto Tamar, 'Bring the food into the inner chamber, and I eat from thy hand;' and Tamar taketh the cakes that she hath made, and bringeth in to Amnon her brother, into the inner chamber,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:10 - The hands of merciful women have boiled their own children, They have been for food to them, In the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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