Strong's #1288: barak (pronounced baw-rak')
a primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason):--X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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bârak
1) to bless, kneel
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to kneel
1a2) to bless
1b) (Niphal) to be blessed, bless oneself
1c) (Piel) to bless
1d) (Pual) to be blessed, be adored
1e) (Hiphil) to cause to kneel
1f) (Hithpael) to bless oneself
2) (TWOT) to praise, salute, curse
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Usage:
This word is used 330 times:
Genesis 28:1: "And Isaac Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not"
Genesis 28:3: "And God bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;"
Genesis 28:6: "that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away"
Genesis 28:6: "to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge,"
Genesis 28:14: "shall all the families of the earth be blessed."
Genesis 30:27: "in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake."
Genesis 30:30: "I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I"
Genesis 31:55: "and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place."
Genesis 32:26: "I will not let thee go, except thou bless"
Genesis 32:29: "is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there."
Genesis 35:9: "again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed"
Genesis 39:5: "and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's"
Genesis 47:7: "him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh."
Genesis 47:10: "And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh."
Genesis 48:3: "me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed"
Genesis 48:9: "Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless"
Genesis 48:15: " And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers"
Genesis 48:16: "me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name"
Genesis 48:20: " And he blessed day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God"
Genesis 48:20: "day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim"
Genesis 49:25: "Even by the God who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above,"
Genesis 49:28: "and this is it that their father spoke unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing"
Genesis 49:28: "spoke unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed"
Exodus 12:32: "as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also."
Exodus 18:10: "And Jethro Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand"
Exodus 20:11: "day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day,"
Exodus 20:24: "my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless"
Exodus 23:25: "the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away"
Exodus 39:43: "even so had they done it: and Moses blessed"
Leviticus 9:22: "his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering,"
Leviticus 9:23: "the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD"
Numbers 6:23: "his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying"
Numbers 6:24: "The LORD bless thee, and keep"
Numbers 6:27: "the children of Israel; and I will bless"
Numbers 22:6: "for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest"
Numbers 22:6: "I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed."
Numbers 22:12: "the people: for they are blessed."
Numbers 23:11: "thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether."
Numbers 23:11: "thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. thou hast blessed them altogether."
Numbers 23:20: "Behold, commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse"
Numbers 23:20: "Behold, commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse"
Numbers 23:25: "Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all."
Numbers 23:25: "Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. bless them at all."
Numbers 24:1: "that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went"
Numbers 24:9: "and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth"
Numbers 24:9: "who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth"
Numbers 24:10: "Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these"
Numbers 24:10: "Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed thou hast altogether blessed them these"
Deuteronomy 1:11: "make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised"
Deuteronomy 2:7: "For thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth"
