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בָּרָה H1262
H1262 is the Hebrew word בָּרָה, transliterated bârâh and said baw-raw'. The King James Version most often renders it eat.
What it means
to select; to feed; to render clear.
Where it comes from
a primitive root; to select; also (as denominative from H1250 (בָּר)) to feed; also (as equivalent to H1305 (בָּרַר)) to render clear (Ecclesiastes 3:18).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 8 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: choose, (cause to) eat, manifest, (give) meat.
Verses using בָּרָה
All 7 verses, quoted in full.
1 Samuel 17:8 · KJV
And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
2 Samuel 3:35 · KJV
And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
2 Samuel 12:17 · KJV
And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
2 Samuel 13:5 · KJV
And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
2 Samuel 13:6 · KJV
So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
2 Samuel 13:10 · KJV
And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
Lamentations 4:10 · KJV
The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Common questions
What does Strong's H1262 mean?
H1262 is the Hebrew word בָּרָה (bârâh), meaning to select; to feed; to render clear.
How is H1262 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it eat (3 times), choose (1 time), cause (1 time), neither did he eat (1 time), give (1 time), among others.
How many times does H1262 appear in the Bible?
בָּרָה (bârâh) is tagged in 7 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1262 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root; to select; also (as denominative from H1250 (בָּר)) to feed; also (as equivalent to H1305 (בָּרַר)) to render clear (Ecclesiastes 3:18).
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