בָּר
bâr · bawr
grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country
Lexicon
Derivation: or בַּר; from H1305 (בָּרַר) (in the sense of winnowing);
grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country
- grain of any kind (even while standing in the field)
- by extension, the open country
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: corn, wheat.
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 בָּר 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- corn4 · 29%
- with corn4 · 29%
- of wheat2 · 14%
- of corn1 · 7%
- to the wheat1 · 7%
- wheat1 · 7%
- of the wheat1 · 7%
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.