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. Genesis 35:9 וַיְבָ֖רֶךְ vay.Va.rekh · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.

  2. Genesis 39:5 וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ vay.Va.rekh · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field.

  3. Genesis 47:7 וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ vay.Va.rekh · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  4. Genesis 47:10 וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ vay.Va.rekh · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.

  5. Genesis 48:3 וַיְבָ֖רֶךְ vay.Va.rekh · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

  6. Genesis 48:9 וַאֲבָרֲכֵֽם׃ va.'a.va.ra.Khem · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

  7. Genesis 48:15 וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ vay.Va.rekh · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long unto this day,

  8. Genesis 48:16 יְבָרֵךְ֮ ye.va.reKh · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

  9. Genesis 48:20 וַיְבָ֨רֲכֵ֜ם vay.Va.ra.Khem · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

  10. Genesis 48:20 יְבָרֵ֤ךְ ye.va.Rekh · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

  11. Genesis 49:25 וִיבָ֣רְכֶ֔ךָּ vi.Va.re.Khe.ka · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee, With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

  12. Genesis 49:28 וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ vay.Va.rekh · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

  13. Genesis 49:28 בֵּרַ֥ךְ be.Rakh · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

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