בָּרוּךְ
Bârûwk · baw-rook'
Baruk, the name of three Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: passive participle from H1288 (בָרַךְ); blessed;
Baruk, the name of three Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Baruch.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › the open hand that covers
The house, what is within of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּרוּךְ 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
26 occurrences · 26 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- baruch7 · 27%
- unto baruch6 · 23%
- and baruch3 · 12%
- so baruch2 · 8%
- him baruch1 · 4%
- of baruch1 · 4%
- when baruch1 · 4%
- then baruch1 · 4%
- which baruch1 · 4%
- it to baruch1 · 4%
- but baruch1 · 4%
- unto thee, o baruch1 · 4%
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.