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Lexicon :: Strong's H1290 - bereḵ

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בֶּרֶךְ
Transliteration
bereḵ
Pronunciation
beh'-rek
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 285a

Strong’s Definitions

בֶּרֶךְ berek, beh'-rek; from H1288; a knee:—knee.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H1290 in the following manner: knee (25x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H1290 in the following manner: knee (25x).

  1. knee

  2. weak from fear (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֶּרֶךְ berek, beh'-rek; from H1288; a knee:—knee.
STRONGS H1290: Abbreviations
† בֶּ֫רֶךְ noun feminineIsaiah 45:23 knee (Assyrian birku COTGloss; Ethiopic bdb013901 Aramaic בֶּרֶךְ bdb013902) Isaiah 45:23; dual בִּרְכַּיִם Job 3:12 + 10 times; suffix בִּרְכַּי etc. Genesis 30:3 + 11 times; — knee, knees: מים ברכים water reaching to the knees Ezekiel 47:4; וַתְּנִיעֵנִי על ברכי Daniel 10:10; יַכְּכָה בשׁחין רע על הברכים Deuteronomy 28:35; כרע על ברכים kneel on knees in worship 1 Kings 8:54; Ezra 9:5 compare Isaiah 45:23; 1 Kings 19:18; 2 Chronicles 6:13, in entreaty 2 Kings 1:13, to drink of a fountain Judges 7:5, 6; שׂם פניו בין ברכיו put his face between his knees in prayer 1 Kings 18:42; על ברכים upon the knees, Genesis 30:3 (E; on תֵּלֵד עַל ב׳ see PlossDas Weib Aufi. 2. ii. 180 ff. StaZAW 1886, 143 ff.) Genesis 50:23 (E) Job 3:12; Judges 16:10; 2 Kings 4:20; Isaiah 66:12; הוציא מעם ברכים Genesis 48:12 (E); knees as seat of strength, weak from terror Job 4:4; Isaiah 35:3; Ezekiel 7:17; Ezekiel 21:12; Nahum 2:11; or fasting Psalm 109:24.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:3; 30:3; 48:12; 50:23

Deuteronomy

28:35

Judges

7:5; 7:6; 16:10

1 Kings

8:54; 18:42; 19:18

2 Kings

1:13; 4:20

2 Chronicles

6:13

Ezra

9:5

Job

3:12; 3:12; 4:4

Psalms

109:24

Isaiah

35:3; 45:23; 45:23; 45:23; 66:12

Ezekiel

7:17; 21:12; 47:4

Daniel

10:10

Nahum

2:11

H1290

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1290 matches the Hebrew בֶּרֶךְ (bereḵ),
which occurs 26 times in 25 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3 - And she saith, 'Lo, my handmaid Bilhah, go in unto her, and she doth bear on my knees, and I am built up, even I, from her;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:12 - And Joseph bringeth them out from between his knees, and boweth himself on his face to the earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:23 - and Joseph looketh on Ephraim's sons of the third generation; sons also of Machir, son of Manasseh, have been born on the knees of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:35 - 'Jehovah doth smite thee with an evil ulcer, on the knees, and on the legs (of which thou art not able to be healed), from the sole of thy foot even unto thy crown.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - And he bringeth down the people unto the water, and Jehovah saith unto Gideon, 'Every one who lappeth with his tongue of the water as the dog lappeth -- thou dost set him apart; also every one who boweth on his knees to drink.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - And the number of those lapping with their hand unto their mouth is three hundred men, and all the rest of the people have bowed down on their knees to drink water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - and she maketh him sleep on her knees, and calleth for a man, and shaveth the seven locks of his head, and beginneth to afflict him, and his power turneth aside from off him;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:54 - And it cometh to pass, at Solomon's finishing to pray unto Jehovah all this prayer and supplication, he hath risen from before the altar of Jehovah, from bending on his knees, and his hands spread out to the heavens,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42 - And Ahab goeth up to eat, and to drink, and Elijah hath gone up unto the top of Carmel, and he stretcheth himself out on the earth, and he placeth his face between his knees,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - and I have left in Israel seven thousand, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that hath not kissed him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:13 - And he turneth and sendeth a third head of fifty and his fifty, and the third head of fifty goeth up, and cometh in, and boweth on his knees over-against Elijah, and maketh supplication unto him, and speaketh unto him, 'O man of God, let be precious, I pray thee, my soul and the soul of thy servants -- these fifty -- in thine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20 - and he beareth him, and bringeth him in unto his mother, and he sitteth on her knees till the noon, and dieth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13 - for Solomon hath made a scaffold of brass, and putteth it in the midst of the court, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth, and three cubits its height, and he standeth upon it, and kneeleth on his knees over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth forth his hands towards the heavens --

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5 - And at the present of the evening I have risen from mine affliction, and at my rending my garment and my upper robe, then I bow down on my knees, and spread out my hands unto Jehovah my God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12 - Wherefore have knees been before me? And what are breasts, that I suck?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:4 - The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24 - My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:3 - Strengthen ye the feeble hands, Yea, the stumbling knees strengthen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:23 - By Myself I have sworn, Gone out from my mouth in righteousness hath a word, And it turneth not back, That to Me, bow doth every knee, every tongue swear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12 - For thus said Jehovah: 'Lo, I am stretching out to her peace as a river, And as an overflowing stream the honour of nations, And ye have sucked, on the side ye are carried, And on the knees ye are dandled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:17 - All the hands are feeble, and all knees go -- waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:7 - and it hath come to pass, when they say unto thee, For what art thou sighing? that thou hast said: Because of the report, for it is coming, And melted hath every heart, And feeble hath been all hands, And weak is every spirit, And all knees go -- waters, Lo, it is coming, yea, it hath been, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:4 - And he measureth a thousand, and causeth me to pass over into water -- water to the knees. And he measureth a thousand, and causeth me to pass over -- water to the loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:10 - and lo, a hand hath come against me, and shaketh me on my knees and the palms of my hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:10 - She is empty, yea, emptiness and waste, And the heart hath melted, And the knees have smitten together, And great pain is in all loins, And the faces of all of them have gathered paleness.
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