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. Leviticus 9:23 וַֽיְבָרֲכ֖וּ vay.va.ra.Khu · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by them

    And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of Jehovah appeared unto all the people.

  2. Numbers 6:23 תְבָרֲכ֖וּ te.va.ra.Khu · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel: ye shall say unto them,

  3. Numbers 6:24 יְבָרֶכְךָ֥ ye.va.rekh.Kha · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee:

  4. Numbers 6:27 אֲבָרֲכֵֽם׃ פ 'a.va.ra.Khem · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    So shall they put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

  5. Numbers 22:6 תְּבָרֵךְ֙ te.va.reKh · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

  6. Numbers 22:6 מְבֹרָ֔ךְ me.vo.Rakh · An -ing word: strong action received, it is done to the subject

    Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

  7. Numbers 22:12 בָר֖וּךְ va.Rukh · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed.

  8. Numbers 23:11 בֵּרַ֥כְתָּ be.Rakh.ta · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

  9. Numbers 23:11 בָרֵֽךְ׃ va.Rekh · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

  10. Numbers 23:20 בָרֵ֖ךְ va.Rekh · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

  11. Numbers 23:20 וּבֵרֵ֖ךְ u.ve.Rekh · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

  12. Numbers 23:25 בָּרֵ֖ךְ ba.Rekh · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

  13. Numbers 23:25 תְבָרֲכֶֽנּוּ׃ te.va.ra.Khe.nu · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

  14. Numbers 24:1 לְבָרֵ֣ךְ le.va.Rekh · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

  15. Numbers 24:9 מְבָרֲכֶ֣יךָ me.va.ra.Khei.kha · An -ing word: strong action

    He couched, he lay down as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be every one that blesseth thee, And cursed be every one that curseth thee.

  16. Numbers 24:9 בָר֔וּךְ va.Rukh · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    He couched, he lay down as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be every one that blesseth thee, And cursed be every one that curseth thee.

  17. Numbers 24:10 בֵּרַ֣כְתָּ be.Rakh.ta · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together; and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.

  18. Numbers 24:10 בָרֵ֔ךְ va.Rekh · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together; and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.

  19. Deuteronomy 1:11 וִיבָרֵ֣ךְ vi.va.Rekh · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!

  20. Deuteronomy 2:7 בֵּֽרַכְךָ֗ be.rakh.Kha · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    For Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand; he hath known thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Jehovah thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

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