בָּעַר
bâʻar · baw-ar'
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; also as denominative from H1198 (בַּעַר)
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
- to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating)
- to be(-come) brutish
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to see and know › the head, the highest
The house, what is within that works to see and know of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּעַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
94 occurrences · 94 OT · 0 NT · 75 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- away6 · 12%
- burned5 · 10%
- so shalt thou put4 · 8%
- to burn3 · 6%
- burn3 · 6%
- so shalt thou put away2 · 4%
- and burn2 · 4%
- burnt2 · 4%
- and it shall burn2 · 4%
- kindle2 · 4%
- burneth2 · 4%
- were kindled2 · 4%
- burning2 · 4%
- is brutish2 · 4%
- him, but thou shalt put away1 · 2%
- and thou shalt put away1 · 2%
- did burn1 · 2%
- be wasted1 · 2%
- shall burn1 · 2%
- ye shall kindle1 · 2%
- therewith; he that kindled1 · 2%
- so thou shalt put1 · 2%
- and shall feed1 · 2%
- to be eaten1 · 2%
- is not burnt1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.