בָּרָא

ba.ra · to create

Hebrew · Strong's H1254 · Verb · Sounds like: baw-raw' · 55 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to create H1254A 53
  • to fatten H1254B 2

Strong's dictionary

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).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
בָּרָא 53 vb. shape, create
Qal Pf.—shape, fashion, create
Niph.—Pass.
1. be created
2. with reference to birth
3. of something new, astonishing
Pi.
1. cut down
2. cut out
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[בָּרָא] vb. be fat—Hiph. 1 S 2:29 to make yourself fat.

Every occurrence

  1. Ecclesiastes 12:1 בּ֣וֹרְאֶ֔יךָ bor.'Ei.kha · An -ing word: simple action

    Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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