Word Study · Strong's H1259 · Hebrew
בָּרָד
barad
baw-rawd'
Strong's 1890 spelling: bârâd
“hail”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
hail
Rendered in the KJV as
hail(stones).
- 29occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 22inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 29 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 22
- בָּרָ֖ד3
- הַבָּרָ֔ד3
- בָּ֝רָ֗ד2
- בָּרָֽד׃2
- הַבָּרָ֑ד2
- בַּבָּרָ֣ד1
- בָרָ֖ד1
- בָרָ֔ד1
- בָרָד֙1
- בָּרָ֑ד1
- בָּרָ֣ד1
- הַבָּרָ֖ד1
and 10 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 8
- hail12
- the hail8
- and the hail3
- and hail2
- and [the] hail1
- and with the hail1
- to the hail1
- with the hail1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · masculine singular12
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular8
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 12
- HTd/Ncmsa · 8
- HC/Ncmsa · 3
- HC/Td/Ncmsa · 3
- HRd/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/Rd/Ncmsa · 1
All 29, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus17 occurrences
- Exodus 9:18בָּרָ֖דbaradnoun · masculine singularBehold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.here: hail
- Exodus 9:19הַבָּרָ֖דhabaradthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’”here: the hail
- Exodus 9:22בָרָ֖דvaradnoun · masculine singularThen the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”here: hail
- Exodus 9:23וּבָרָ֔דuvaradconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularSo Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.here: and hail
- Exodus 9:23בָּרָ֖דbaradnoun · masculine singularSo Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.here: hail
- Exodus 9:24בָרָ֔דvaradnoun · masculine singularThe hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.here: hail
- Exodus 9:24הַבָּרָ֑דhabaradthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThe hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.here: the hail
- Exodus 9:25הַבָּרָ֜דhabaradthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThroughout the land of Egypt, the hail struck down everything in the field, both man and beast; it beat down every plant of the field and stripped every tree.here: the hail
- Exodus 9:25הַבָּרָ֔דhabaradthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThroughout the land of Egypt, the hail struck down everything in the field, both man and beast; it beat down every plant of the field and stripped every tree.here: the hail
- Exodus 9:26בָּרָֽד׃baradnoun · masculine singularThe only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.here: hail
- Exodus 9:28וּבָרָ֑דuvaradconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularPray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”here: and [the] hail
- Exodus 9:29וְהַבָּרָד֙vehabaradconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularMoses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.here: and the hail
- Exodus 9:33וְהַבָּרָ֔דvehabaradconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.here: and the hail
- Exodus 9:34וְהַבָּרָ֛דvehabaradconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWhen Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.here: and the hail
- Exodus 10:5הַבָּרָ֔דhabaradthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThey will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields.here: the hail
- Exodus 10:12הַבָּרָֽד׃habaradthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.”here: the hail
- Exodus 10:15הַבָּרָ֑דhabaradthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThey covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.here: the hail
Job1 occurrence
Psalms6 occurrences
- Psalms 18:12בָּ֝רָ֗דbaradnoun · masculine singularFrom the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced— hailstones and coals of fire.here: hail
- Psalms 18:13בָּ֝רָ֗דbaradnoun · masculine singularThe LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.here: hail
- Psalms 78:47בַּבָּרָ֣דbabaradpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularHe killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet.here: with the hail
- Psalms 78:48לַבָּרָ֣דlabaradpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularHe abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning.here: to the hail
- Psalms 105:32בָּרָ֑דbaradnoun · masculine singularHe gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.here: hail
- Psalms 148:8וּ֭בָרָדuvarodconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularlightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,here: and hail
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 28:2בָּרָ֖דbaradnoun · masculine singularBehold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.here: hail
- Isaiah 28:17בָרָד֙varadnoun · masculine singularI will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.here: hail
- Isaiah 30:30בָּרָֽד׃baradnoun · masculine singularAnd the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.here: hail