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בָּרָא H1254
H1254 is the Hebrew word בָּרָא, transliterated bârâʼ and said baw-raw'. The King James Version most often renders it created.
What it means
(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes).
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 42 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).
Verses using בָּרָא
The first 40 of 42 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 1:1 · KJV
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:21 · KJV
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:27 · KJV
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 2:3 · KJV
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Genesis 2:4 · KJV
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
Genesis 5:1 · KJV
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Genesis 5:2 · KJV
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Genesis 6:7 · KJV
And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Exodus 34:10 · KJV
And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.
Numbers 16:30 · KJV
But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
Deuteronomy 4:32 · KJV
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
Joshua 17:15 · KJV
And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
Joshua 17:18 · KJV
But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
1 Samuel 2:29 · KJV
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
Psalm 51:10 · KJV
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Psalm 89:12 · KJV
The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
Psalm 89:47 · KJV
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
Psalm 102:18 · KJV
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
Psalm 104:30 · KJV
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Ecclesiastes 12:1 · KJV
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Isaiah 4:5 · KJV
And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
Isaiah 40:26 · KJV
Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Isaiah 40:28 · KJV
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
Isaiah 42:5 · KJV
Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
Isaiah 43:1 · KJV
But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Isaiah 43:7 · KJV
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Isaiah 43:15 · KJV
I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
Isaiah 45:7 · KJV
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Isaiah 45:12 · KJV
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
Isaiah 45:18 · KJV
For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
Isaiah 48:7 · KJV
They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
Isaiah 54:16 · KJV
Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
Isaiah 57:19 · KJV
I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
Isaiah 65:17 · KJV
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
Isaiah 65:18 · KJV
But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
Jeremiah 31:22 · KJV
How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
Ezekiel 21:19 · KJV
Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
Ezekiel 21:30 · KJV
Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
Ezekiel 23:47 · KJV
And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
Ezekiel 28:15 · KJV
Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
Common questions
What does Strong's H1254 mean?
H1254 is the Hebrew word בָּרָא (bârâʼ), meaning (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes).
How is H1254 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it created (23 times), create (6 times), creator (2 times), behold i create (2 times), choose (2 times), among others.
How many times does H1254 appear in the Bible?
בָּרָא (bârâʼ) is tagged in 42 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1254 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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