בָּרַךְ

ba.rakh · to bless

Hebrew · Strong's H1288 · Verb · Sounds like: baw-rak' · 330 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason); [idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, [idiom] still, thank.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[בָּרַךְ] 329 vb. kneel, bless
Qal
1. kneel down
2. bless
Niph. bless oneself
Pi.
1. bless God, adore with bended knees
2. God blesses
3. men bless men
4. salute, greet, with an invocation of blessing
5. bless, with the antithetical meaning curse from the greeting in departing, saying adieu to, taking leave of; but rather a blessing overdone and so really a curse as in vulgar English as well as in the Shemitic cognates
Pu.
1. pass. to be blessed, adored
2. prospered by God
3. have prosperity invoked, by Balaam
4. in gratitude
Hiph. and he made his camel kneel
Hithp. bless oneself, congratulate oneself in his heart

Every occurrence

  1. 2 Chronicles 2:12 בָּר֤וּךְ ba.Rukh · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    Huram said moreover, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

  2. 2 Chronicles 6:3 וַיְבָ֕רֶךְ vay.Va.rekh · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.

  3. 2 Chronicles 6:4 בָּר֤וּךְ ba.Rukh · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hands fulfilled it, saying,

  4. 2 Chronicles 6:13 וַיִּבְרַ֤ךְ vai.yiv.Rakh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    (for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)

  5. 2 Chronicles 9:8 בָּר֔וּךְ ba.Rukh · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne, to be king for Jehovah thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do justice and righteousness.

  6. 2 Chronicles 20:26 בֵּרֲכ֣וּ be.ra.Khu · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed Jehovah: therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Beracah unto this day.

  7. 2 Chronicles 30:27 וַיְבָרֲכ֣וּ vay.va.ra.Khu · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by them

    Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even unto heaven.

  8. 2 Chronicles 31:8 וַֽיְבָרֲכוּ֙ vay.va.ra.Khu · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by them

    And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed Jehovah, and his people Israel.

  9. 2 Chronicles 31:10 בֵּרַ֣ךְ be.Rakh · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, Since the people began to bring the oblations into the house of Jehovah, we have eaten and had enough, and have left plenty: for Jehovah hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.

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