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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H1293

בְּרָכָה

Berakahber-aw-kaw'

blessing

69 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: Bᵉrâkâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1293is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 18 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 46
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H1293

benediction; by implication prosperity

The King James renders it: blessing, liberal, pool, present.

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

Berakah is rendered "blessing". It stands 69 times in the Hebrew text, across eighteen books.

  • Sixteen of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
  • The Greek text spells it forty-six different ways.

The first use

I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 12:2בְּרָכָֽה׃

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in eighteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 21 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • a blessing15
  • the blessing10
  • blessing7
  • blessing of7
  • blessings of6
  • blessings4
  • blessing my3
  • according to blessing of2
  • blessing your2
  • into blessing2
  • ¿ a blessing1
  • according to blessing his1

and 9 more, 69 uses in all

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.

בְּרִיתberithcovenantUses284
בְּרִיחַberiachbarUses40
בְּרוֹשׁberoshcypressUses20
בְּרֵכָהberekah(Shelah) PoolUses17
בְּרַםberamneverthelessUses5
בְּרַךְberakto blessUses5
בְּרִיberifatUses1
בְּרוֹםberomrich apparelUses1
בְּרוֹתberothcypressUses1
בְּרִיתBerith(Baal)-berithUses1
בְּרִיאָהberiahcreationUses1
בְּרִיעִיBeriiBeriiteUses1

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 69, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

46 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

  • בְּרָכָ֖ה5
  • בִּרְכַּ֣ת4
  • בְרָכָ֖ה3
  • בְּרָכָֽה׃3
  • בְרָכָ֗ה2
  • בְרָכָה֙2
  • בְּרָכָ֔ה2
  • בְּרָכָ֑ה2
  • בִּרְכֹ֥ת2
  • בִּרְכֹ֣ת2
  • בִּרְכָתִי֙2
  • הַבְּרָכָ֑ה2

and 34 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · feminine singular22HNcfsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular10HTd/Ncfsa
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)7HNcfsc
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)6HNcfpc
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular5HR/Ncfsa
  • noun · feminine plural4HNcfpa
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular3HNcfsc/Sp1bs
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HR/Ncfsc
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HNcfsc/Sp2ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Ncfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HC/Ncfsc/Sp1bs
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp2ms

Genesis

sixteen uses
  • I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

    Genesis 12:2

    • בְּרָכָֽה׃berakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a blessing
  • What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”

    Genesis 27:12

    • בְרָכָֽה׃verakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a blessing
  • But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”

    Genesis 27:35

    • בִּרְכָתֶֽךָ׃birkhatekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: blessing your
  • So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”

    Genesis 27:36

    • בִּרְכָתִ֑יbirkhatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: blessing my
    • בְּרָכָֽה׃berakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a blessing
  • Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.

    Genesis 27:38

    • הַֽבְרָכָ֨הhavrakhahquestion particle + noun · feminine singulartagged: ¿ a blessing
  • Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

    Genesis 27:41

    • הַ֨בְּרָכָ֔הhaberakhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the blessing
  • And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”

    Genesis 28:4

    • בִּרְכַּ֣תbirkatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: blessing of
  • Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.

    Genesis 33:11

    • בִּרְכָתִי֙birkhatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: blessing my
  • From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.

    Genesis 39:5

    • בִּרְכַּ֤תbirkatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: blessing of
  • by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.

    Genesis 49:25

    • בִּרְכֹ֤תbirkhotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: blessings of
    • בִּרְכֹ֥תbirkhotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: blessings of
    • בִּרְכֹ֥תbirkhotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: blessings of
  • The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

    Genesis 49:26

    • בִּרְכֹ֣תbirkhotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: blessings of
    • בִּרְכֹ֣תbirkhotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: blessings of
  • These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.

    Genesis 49:28

    • כְּבִרְכָת֖וֹkevirkhatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: according to blessing his

Exodus

one use
  • Afterward, Moses said, “Today you have been ordained for service to the LORD, since each man went against his son and his brother; so the LORD has bestowed a blessing on you this day.”

    Exodus 32:29

    • בְּרָכָֽה׃berakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a blessing

Leviticus

one use
  • But I will send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years.

    Leviticus 25:21

    • בִּרְכָתִי֙birkhatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: blessing my

Deuteronomy

twelve uses
  • See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—

    Deuteronomy 11:26

    • בְּרָכָ֖הberakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a blessing
  • a blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,

    Deuteronomy 11:27

    • הַבְּרָכָ֑הhaberakhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the blessing
  • When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

    Deuteronomy 11:29

    • הַבְּרָכָה֙haberakhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the blessing
  • But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,

    Deuteronomy 12:15

    • כְּבִרְכַּ֨תkevirkatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: according to blessing of
  • Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.

    Deuteronomy 16:17

    • כְּבִרְכַּ֛תkevirkatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: according to blessing of
  • Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.

    Deuteronomy 23:5

    • לִבְרָכָ֑הlivrakhahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into blessing
  • And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:

    Deuteronomy 28:2

    • הַבְּרָכ֥וֹתhaberakhotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the blessings
  • The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.

    Deuteronomy 28:8

    • הַבְּרָכָ֔הhaberakhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the blessing
  • “When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,

    Deuteronomy 30:1

    • הַבְּרָכָה֙haberakhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the blessing
  • I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,

    Deuteronomy 30:19

    • הַבְּרָכָ֖הhaberakhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the blessing
  • This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.

    Deuteronomy 33:1

    • הַבְּרָכָ֗הhaberakhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the blessing
  • Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD; he shall take possession of the sea and the south.”

    Deuteronomy 33:23

    • בִּרְכַּ֣תbirkatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: blessing of

Joshua

two uses
  • Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.

    Joshua 8:34

    • הַבְּרָכָ֖הhaberakhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the blessing
  • “Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.

    Joshua 15:19

    • בְרָכָ֗הverakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a blessing

Judges

one use
  • “Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.

    Judges 1:15

    • בְרָכָ֗הverakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a blessing

1 Samuel

two uses
  • Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.

    1 Samuel 25:27

    • הַבְּרָכָ֣הhaberakhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the blessing
  • When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”

    1 Samuel 30:26

    • בְּרָכָ֔הberakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a blessing

2 Samuel

one use
  • Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”

    2 Samuel 7:29

    • וּמִבִּרְכָ֣תְךָ֔umibirkhatekhaconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and from blessing your

2 Kings

two uses
  • Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”

    2 Kings 5:15

    • בְרָכָ֖הverakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a blessing
  • Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,

    2 Kings 18:31

    • בְרָכָה֙verakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a blessing

Nehemiah

two uses
  • Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.

    Nehemiah 9:5

    • בְּרָכָ֖הberakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: blessing
  • because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).

    Nehemiah 13:2

    • לִבְרָכָֽה׃livrakhahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into blessing

Job

one use
  • The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

    Job 29:13

    • בִּרְכַּ֣תbirkatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: blessing of

Psalms

nine uses
  • Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

    Psalms 3:8

    • בִרְכָתֶ֣ךָvirkhatekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: blessing your
  • For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.

    Psalms 21:3

    • בִּרְכ֣וֹתbirkhotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: blessings of
  • For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.

    Psalms 21:6

    • בְרָכ֣וֹתverakhotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: blessings
  • He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from the God of his salvation.

    Psalms 24:5

    • בְ֭רָכָהverakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: blessing
  • They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.

    Psalms 37:26

    • לִבְרָכָֽה׃livrakhahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into a blessing
  • As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.

    Psalms 84:6

    • בְּ֝רָכ֗וֹתberakhotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: blessings
  • The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.

    Psalms 109:17

    • בִּ֝בְרָכָ֗הbivrakhahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in blessing
  • May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”

    Psalms 129:8

    • בִּרְכַּֽת־birkat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: blessing of
  • It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.

    Psalms 133:3

    • הַבְּרָכָ֑הhaberakhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the blessing

Proverbs

eight uses
  • Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

    Proverbs 10:6

    • בְּ֭רָכוֹתberakhotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: blessings
  • The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

    Proverbs 10:7

    • לִבְרָכָ֑הlivrakhahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for a blessing
  • The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.

    Proverbs 10:22

    • בִּרְכַּ֣תbirkatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: blessing of
  • By the blessing of the upright a city is built up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.

    Proverbs 11:11

    • בְּבִרְכַּ֣תbevirkatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by blessing of
  • A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.

    Proverbs 11:25

    • בְּרָכָ֥הberakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: blessing
  • The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.

    Proverbs 11:26

    • וּ֝בְרָכָ֗הuverakhahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a blessing
  • but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.

    Proverbs 24:25

    • בִרְכַּת־virkat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: blessing of
  • A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

    Proverbs 28:20

    • בְּרָכ֑וֹתberakhotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: blessings

Isaiah

four uses
  • In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing upon the earth.

    Isaiah 19:24

    • בְּרָכָ֖הberakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a blessing
  • Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,

    Isaiah 36:16

    • בְרָכָה֙verakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a blessing
  • For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.

    Isaiah 44:3

    • וּבִרְכָתִ֖יuvirkhaticonjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and blessing my
  • This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.

    Isaiah 65:8

    • בְרָכָ֖הverakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: blessing

Ezekiel

three uses
  • I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.

    Ezekiel 34:26

    • בְּרָכָ֑הberakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a blessing
    • בְרָכָ֖הverakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: blessing
  • The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes.

    Ezekiel 44:30

    • בְּרָכָ֖הberakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: blessing

Joel

one use
  • Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.

    Joel 2:14

    • בְּרָכָ֔הberakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a blessing

Zechariah

one use
  • As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”

    Zechariah 8:13

    • בְּרָכָ֑הberakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a blessing

Malachi

two uses
  • If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.

    Malachi 2:2

    • בִּרְכֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑םbirkhoteikhemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: blessings your
  • Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.

    Malachi 3:10

    • בְּרָכָ֖הberakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: blessing

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