Word meanings
Strong's dictionary
a primitive root; to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select; make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse (be clean), clearly, polished, (shew self) pure(-ify), purge (out).
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[בָּרַר] vb. purify, select
Qal
1. purge out, purify
2. choose, select, only Pt. and in Chronicler
3. cleanse, make shining, polish
4. test, prove
Niph. purify oneself
Pi. purify
Hiph.
1. purify, cleanse
2. polish arrows
Hithp.
1. purify oneself
2. shew oneself pure, just, kind
Every occurrence
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Zephaniah 3:9 בְרוּרָ֑ה ve.ru.Rah · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject
For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.