Bara'

baw-raw'
Parts of Speech Verb

Bara' Definition

  1. to create, shape, form
    1. (Qal) to shape, fashion, create (always with God as subject)
      1. of heaven and earth
      2. of individual man
      3. of new conditions and circumstances
      4. of transformations
    2. (Niphal) to be created
      1. of heaven and earth
      2. of birth
      3. of something new
      4. of miracles
    3. (Piel)
      1. to cut down
      2. to cut out
  2. to be fat
    1. (Hiphil) to make yourselves fat
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
arb
Origin
a primitive root
Strong's Number
01254
TDNT Entry
TWOT - 278

KJV Word Usage

create
42
creator
3
choose
2
make
2
cut down
2
dispatch
1
done
1
make fat
1
Total
54

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for Bara'". "The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". . .