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 39Old Testament books
- 46spellings
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
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| בְּרִית | berith | covenant | Uses284 |
| בְּרִיחַ | beriach | bar | Uses40 |
| בְּרוֹשׁ | berosh | cypress | Uses20 |
| בְּרֵכָה | berekah | (Shelah) Pool | Uses17 |
| בְּרַם | beram | nevertheless | Uses5 |
| בְּרַךְ | berak | to bless | Uses5 |
| בְּרִי | beri | fat | Uses1 |
| בְּרוֹם | berom | rich apparel | Uses1 |
| בְּרוֹת | beroth | cypress | Uses1 |
| בְּרִית | Berith | (Baal)-berith | Uses1 |
| בְּרִיאָה | beriah | creation | Uses1 |
| בְּרִיעִי | Berii | Beriite | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
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.
- 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.”
- בְרָכָֽה׃verakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a blessing
But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”
- 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?”
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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—
- בְּרָכָ֖הberakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a blessing
a blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,
- 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.
- 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,
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.
- 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,
- 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,
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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,
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- בִּרְכ֣וֹתbirkhotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: blessings of
For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.
- בְרָכ֣וֹתverakhotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: blessings
He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from the God of his salvation.
- בְ֭רָכָהverakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: blessing
They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- בְּ֭רָכוֹתberakhotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: blessings
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
- לִבְרָכָ֑הlivrakhahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for a blessing
The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
- 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.
- 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.
- בְּרָכָ֥הberakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: blessing
The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- בְּרָכָ֖הberakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: blessing
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.
