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Word Study · Strong's H1197 · Hebrew

בָּעַר

baar

baw-ar'

Strong's 1890 spelling: bâʻar

to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish

Rendered in the KJV as

be brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste.

  • 94
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 20 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 75
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 94 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 75

  • וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥9
  • בֹּעֵ֣ר4
  • וַתִּבְעַר־3
  • בִּעֵ֖ר2
  • בָּעֲר֥וּ2
  • וּבָעֲרָה֙2
  • לְבָעֵ֔ר2
  • נִבְעַ֤ר2
  • תִבְעַר־2
  • בָּעֵ֑ר1
  • בֹעֵ֖ר1
  • בֹּעֵ֤ר1

and 63 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 58

  • and you will remove10
  • burning7
  • and it burned5
  • [was] burning4
  • and it will burn4
  • they burned3
  • [is] burning2
  • [which] it burns2
  • and I will sweep away2
  • and they will kindle2
  • he is stupid2
  • I have removed2

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 41

  • Hc/Vpq2ms10
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular7
  • preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)6
  • Hc/Vqw3fs5
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular5
  • Hc/Vqq3fs4
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural4
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular4
  • Hc/Vhw3ms3
  • Hc/Vpq1cs3
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular3
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • Hc/Vpq2ms · 10
  • HVqrmsa · 7
  • HR/Vpcc · 6
  • Hc/Vqw3fs · 5
  • HVqi3fs · 5
  • Hc/Vqq3fs · 4
  • HVqp3cp · 4
  • HVqrfsa · 4
  • Hc/Vhw3ms · 3
  • Hc/Vpq1cs · 3
  • HVqi3ms · 3
  • HVqp3fs · 3

All 94, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Exodus6 occurrences
Leviticus1 occurrence
Numbers3 occurrences
Deuteronomy16 occurrences
Judges4 occurrences
2 Samuel3 occurrences
1 Kings5 occurrences
2 Kings1 occurrence
2 Chronicles4 occurrences
Nehemiah1 occurrence
Esther1 occurrence
Job1 occurrence
Psalms8 occurrences
Isaiah17 occurrences
Jeremiah11 occurrences
Lamentations1 occurrence
Ezekiel7 occurrences
Hosea2 occurrences
Nahum1 occurrence
Malachi1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).