Hebrew verb · H1319
בָּשַׂר
basarbaw-sar'
to bear tidings
24 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bâsar
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1319is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 21spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1319
properly, to be fresh, i.e. full (rosy, (figuratively) cheerful); to announce (glad news)
The King James renders it: messenger, preach, publish, shew forth, (bear, bring, carry, preach, good, tell good) tidings.
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
basar is rendered "to bear tidings". It stands 24 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Seven of the uses stand in 2 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 4:17The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
- The Greek text spells it twenty-one different ways.
The first use
The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
1 Samuel 4:17הַֽמְבַשֵּׂ֜ר
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
- bears news3
- bear news2
- O bearer of news of2
- to bear news2
- you bear news2
- a bearer of news1
- and let me bear news to1
- and you will bear news1
- bearing news1
- he bore news1
- I have borne news1
- let him receive news1
and 6 more, 24 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.
The words it stands beside
All 24, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
21 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
- בַּשְּׂר֥וּ2
- לְבַשֵּׂ֛ר2
- מְבַשֵּׂ֥ר2
- בִּשַּׂ֤ר1
- בִּשַּׂ֤רְתִּי1
- הַֽמְבַשֵּׂ֜ר1
- הַֽ֝מְבַשְּׂר֗וֹת1
- וַאֲבַשְּׂרָ֖ה1
- וּבִשַּׂרְתָּ֖1
- יְבַשֵּֽׂרוּ׃1
- יִתְבַּשֵּׂר֙1
- כִמְבַשֵּׂר֙1
and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular5HVprmsa
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)3HR/Vpcc
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular2HVpi2ms
- verb · intensive (piel), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HVprfsc
- verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural2HVpv2mp
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singular1HC/Vpc1cs
- Hc/Vpq2ms1Hc/Vpq2ms
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular1HR/Vprmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · feminine plural1HTd/Vprfpa
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular1HTd/Vprmsa
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVpi3mp
- verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine plural1HVpj2mp
1 Samuel
two uses
The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
- הַֽמְבַשֵּׂ֜רhamvaserthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: the bearer of news
They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.
- לְבַשֵּׂ֛רlevaserpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bear news
2 Samuel
seven uses
Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
- תְּבַשְּׂר֖וּtevaseruverb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you bear news
when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!
- כִמְבַשֵּׂר֙khimvaserpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: like a bearer of news
Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”
- וַאֲבַשְּׂרָ֖הvaavaserahconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: and let me bear news to
But Joab replied, “You are not the man to take good news today. You may do it another day, but you must not do so today, because the king’s son is dead.”
- וּבִשַּׂרְתָּ֖uvisartaHc/Vpq2mstagged: and you will bear news
- תְבַשֵּׂ֔רtevaserverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will bear news
the watchman saw another man running, and he called out to the gatekeeper, “Look! Another man is running alone!” “This one also brings good news,” said the king.
- מְבַשֵּֽׂר׃mevaserverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: bearing news
Just then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”
- יִתְבַּשֵּׂר֙yitbaserverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let him receive news
1 Kings
one use
As he was speaking, suddenly Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest arrived. “Come in,” said Adonijah, “for you are a man of valor. You must be bringing good news.”
- תְּבַשֵּֽׂר׃tevaserverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you bear news
1 Chronicles
two uses
They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.
- לְבַשֵּׂ֛רlevaserpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bear news to
Sing to the LORD, all the earth. Proclaim His salvation day after day.
- בַּשְּׂר֥וּbaseruverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: bear news
Psalms
three uses
I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
- בִּשַּׂ֤רְתִּיbisartiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have borne news
The Lord gives the command; a great company of women proclaim it:
- הַֽ֝מְבַשְּׂר֗וֹתhamvaserotthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · feminine pluraltagged: the bear news
Sing to the LORD, bless His name; proclaim His salvation day after day.
- בַּשְּׂר֥וּbaseruverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: bear news
Isaiah
seven uses
Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”
- מְבַשֶּׂ֣רֶתmevaseretverb · intensive (piel), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O bearer of news of
- מְבַשֶּׂ֖רֶתmevaseretverb · intensive (piel), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O bearer of news of
I was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
- מְבַשֵּׂ֥רmevaserverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: a bearer of news
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
- מְבַשֵּׂ֗רmevaserverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: bears news
- מְבַשֵּׂ֥רmevaserverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: bears news
Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
- יְבַשֵּֽׂרוּ׃yevaseruverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will bear news
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
- לְבַשֵּׂ֣רlevaserpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bear news
Jeremiah
one use
Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.
- בִּשַּׂ֤רbisarverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he bore news
Nahum
one use
Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.
- מְבַשֵּׂר֙mevaserverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: bears news
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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.