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. Psalms 135:20 בָּרֲכ֣וּ ba.ra.Khu · A command to all of you: strong action

    O house of Levi, bless ye Jehovah: Ye that fear Jehovah, bless ye Jehovah.

  2. Psalms 135:20 בָּרֲכ֥וּ ba.ra.Khu · A command to all of you: strong action

    O house of Levi, bless ye Jehovah: Ye that fear Jehovah, bless ye Jehovah.

  3. Psalms 135:21 בָּ֘ר֤וּךְ ba.Rukh · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    Blessed be Jehovah out of Zion, Who dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye Jehovah.

  4. Psalms 144:1 בָּ֘ר֤וּךְ ba.Rukh · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    A Psalm of David. Blessed be Jehovah my rock, Who teacheth my hands to war, And my fingers to fight:

  5. Psalms 145:1 וַאֲבָרֲכָ֥ה va.'a.va.ra.Khah · A wish or plan to act: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    A Psalm of praise; of David. I will extol thee, my God, O King; And I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

  6. Psalms 145:2 אֲבָרֲכֶ֑ךָּ 'a.va.ra.Khe.ka · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    Every day will I bless thee; And I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

  7. Psalms 145:10 יְבָרֲכֽוּכָה׃ ye.va.ra.Khu.khah · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    All thy works shall give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah; And thy saints shall bless thee.

  8. Psalms 145:21 וִיבָרֵ֣ךְ vi.va.Rekh · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    My mouth shall speak the praise of Jehovah; And let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

  9. Psalms 147:13 בֵּרַ֖ךְ be.Rakh · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.

  10. Proverbs 3:33 יְבָרֵֽךְ׃ ye.va.Rekh · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

  11. Proverbs 5:18 בָר֑וּךְ va.Rukh · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

  12. Proverbs 20:21 תְבֹרָֽךְ׃ te.vo.Rakh · An action: strong action received, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.

  13. Proverbs 22:9 יְבֹרָ֑ךְ ye.vo.Rakh · An action: strong action received, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

  14. Proverbs 27:14 מְבָ֘רֵ֤ךְ me.Va.Rekh · An -ing word: strong action

    He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him.

  15. Proverbs 30:11 יְבָרֵֽךְ׃ ye.va.Rekh · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.

  16. Isaiah 19:25 בֵּרֲכ֛וֹ be.ra.Kho · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    for that Jehovah of hosts hath blessed them, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

  17. Isaiah 19:25 בָּר֨וּךְ ba.Rukh · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    for that Jehovah of hosts hath blessed them, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

  18. Isaiah 51:2 וַאֲבָרְכֵ֖הוּ va.'a.va.re.Khe.hu · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.

  19. Isaiah 61:9 בֵּרַ֥ךְ be.Rakh · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which Jehovah hath blessed.

  20. Isaiah 65:16 הַמִּתְבָּרֵ֜ךְ ha.mit.ba.Rekh · An -ing word: doing it to oneself

    so that he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.

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