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Word Study · Strong's H1288 · Hebrew

בָרַךְ

barak

baw-rak'

Strong's 1890 spelling: bârak

to kneel

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)

Rendered in the KJV as

[idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, [idiom] still, thank.

  • 330
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 24 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 221
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 330 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 221

  • בָּר֥וּךְ16
  • בָּר֤וּךְ10
  • וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ9
  • וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ7
  • בָּר֣וּךְ6
  • בֵּרַ֥ךְ5
  • בָּרֲכ֣וּ5
  • וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ5
  • בָּר֖וּךְ4
  • בָּרֲכ֥וּ4
  • יְבָרֶכְךָ֥4
  • בָּ֘ר֤וּךְ3

and 209 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 102

  • [be] blessed45
  • and he blessed29
  • bless23
  • blessed10
  • and he blessed him9
  • to bless9
  • and they blessed8
  • he will bless you8
  • and [be] blessed6
  • and he will bless you6
  • he will bless6
  • I will bless6

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

How it parses · 90

  • verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular56
  • Hc/Vpw3ms29
  • verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural16
  • verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular13
  • verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular13
  • verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular12
  • Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3ms9
  • preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)9
  • Hc/Vpw3mp8
  • verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)8
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular7
  • Hc/Vpq3ms/Sp2ms5
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HVqsmsa · 56
  • Hc/Vpw3ms · 29
  • HVpv2mp · 16
  • HVpi3ms/Sp2ms · 13
  • HVpp3ms · 13
  • HVpi3ms · 12
  • Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3ms · 9
  • HR/Vpcc · 9
  • Hc/Vpw3mp · 8
  • HVpcc · 8
  • HC/Vqsmsa · 7
  • Hc/Vpq3ms/Sp2ms · 5

All 330, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

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

Genesis73 occurrences
Exodus6 occurrences
Leviticus2 occurrences
Numbers17 occurrences
Deuteronomy39 occurrences
Joshua8 occurrences
Judges6 occurrences
Ruth5 occurrences
1 Samuel11 occurrences
2 Samuel14 occurrences
1 Kings12 occurrences
2 Kings3 occurrences
1 Chronicles16 occurrences
2 Chronicles9 occurrences
Ezra1 occurrence
Nehemiah4 occurrences
Job8 occurrences
Psalms75 occurrences
Proverbs6 occurrences
Isaiah8 occurrences
Jeremiah4 occurrences
Ezekiel1 occurrence
Haggai1 occurrence
Zechariah1 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).