בַּר
bar · bar
a son, grandson, etc.
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H1121 (בֵּן);
a son, grandson, etc.
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] old, son.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- 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 › the head, the highest
The house, what is within of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בַּר 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
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the son5 · 63%
- his son1 · 13%
- old1 · 13%
- one like the son1 · 13%
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.