Hebrew noun (feminine) · H1290
בֶּרֶךְ
berekbeh'-rek
knee
25 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1290is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 13 of 39Old Testament books
- 23spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1290
a knee
The King James renders it: knee.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
berek is rendered "knee". It stands 25 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.
- Three of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 30:3Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
- The Greek text spells it twenty-three different ways.
The first use
Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
Genesis 30:3בִּרְכַּ֔י
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- knees6
- knees his6
- knees my4
- and knees2
- knees her2
- the knees2
- knee1
- knees of1
- knees their1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| בֶּרֶךְ | berek | knee | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 25, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
23 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בִּרְכַּ֔י2
- בִּרְכַּ֖יִם2
- בֶּ֔רֶךְ1
- בִּרְכֵּ֥י1
- בִּ֭רְכַּי1
- בִּרְכַּ֖י1
- בִּרְכֶּ֔יהָ1
- בִּרְכֶּ֛יהָ1
- בִּרְכֵיהֶ֖ם1
- בִּרְכָּ֑יו1
- בִּרְכָּ֖יו1
- בִּרְכָּ֔יו1
and 11 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine dual6HNcfda
- noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular6HNcfdc/Sp3ms
- noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular4HNcfdc/Sp1bs
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine dual2HC/Ncfda
- noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2HNcfdc/Sp3fs
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine dual2HTd/Ncfda
- noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfdc
- noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcfdc/Sp3mp
- noun · feminine singular1HNcfsa
Genesis
three uses
Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
- בִּרְכַּ֔יbirkainoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: knees my
Then Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedown.
- בִּרְכָּ֑יוbirkavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: knees his
He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
- בִּרְכֵּ֥יbirkeinoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: knees of
Deuteronomy
one use
The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
- הַבִּרְכַּ֙יִם֙habirkayimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine dualtagged: the knees
Judges
three uses
So Gideon brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”
- בִּרְכָּ֖יוbirkavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: knees his
And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.
- בִּרְכֵיהֶ֖םbirkheihemnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: knees their
And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.
- בִּרְכֶּ֔יהָbirkeihanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: knees her
1 Kings
three uses
Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.
- בִּרְכָּ֔יוbirkavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: knees his
So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.
- בִּרְכָּֽיו׃berakhovnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: knees his
Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
- הַבִּרְכַּ֗יִםhabirkayimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine dualtagged: the knees
2 Kings
two uses
So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants please be precious in your sight.
- בִּרְכָּ֣יו׀birkavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: knees his
After the servant had picked him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.
- בִּרְכֶּ֛יהָbirkeihanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: knees her
2 Chronicles
one use
Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
- בִּרְכָּיו֙birkavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: knees his
Ezra
one use
At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
- בִּרְכַּ֔יbirkainoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: knees my
Job
two uses
Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?
- בִרְכָּ֑יִםvirkayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: knees
Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.
- וּבִרְכַּ֖יִםuvirkayimconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine dualtagged: and knees
Psalms
one use
My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
- בִּ֭רְכַּיbirkainoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: knees my
Isaiah
three uses
Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
- וּבִרְכַּ֥יִםuvirkayimconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine dualtagged: and knees
By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.
- בֶּ֔רֶךְberekhnoun · feminine singulartagged: knee
For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
- בִּרְכַּ֖יִםbirkayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: knees
Ezekiel
three uses
Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water.
- בִּרְכַּ֖יִםbirkayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: knees
And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”
- בִּרְכַּ֙יִם֙birkayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: knees
Then he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through knee-deep water. Again he measured a thousand cubits and led me through waist-deep water.
- בִּרְכָּ֑יִםbirkayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: knees
Daniel
one use
Suddenly, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.
- בִּרְכַּ֖יbirkainoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: knees my
Nahum
one use
She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!
- בִּרְכַּ֗יִםbirkayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: knees
The letters
Gematria 222· 702 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.