Word Study · Strong's H1252 · Hebrew
בֹּר
bor
bore
Strong's 1890 spelling: bôr
“purify”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
purify
Rendered in the KJV as
cleanness, pureness.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- כְּבֹ֥ר3
- בְּבֹ֣ר1
- כְּבֹרִ֖י1
How it is rendered · 3
- according to [the] cleanness of3
- according to cleanness my1
- by [the] cleanness of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Ncmsc · 4
- HR/Ncmsc/Sp1bs · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 22:21כְּבֹ֥רkevorpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.here: according to [the] cleanness of
- 2 Samuel 22:25כְּבֹרִ֖יkevoripreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularSo the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.here: according to cleanness my
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 18:20כְּבֹ֥רkevorpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.here: according to [the] cleanness of
- Psalms 18:24כְּבֹ֥רkevorpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.here: according to [the] cleanness of
Same headword in Strong's