בָרַךְ
bârak · baw-rak'
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)
Lexicon
Derivation: 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)
- 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)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, [idiom] still, thank.
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
- 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 › the open hand that covers
The house, what is within of the head, the highest of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָרַךְ 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
330 occurrences · 330 OT · 0 NT · 221 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- blessed76 · 35%
- bless27 · 12%
- and blessed23 · 11%
- hath blessed14 · 6%
- shall bless11 · 5%
- be blessed8 · 4%
- may bless7 · 3%
- and bless7 · 3%
- to bless5 · 2%
- and i will bless5 · 2%
- and he blessed4 · 2%
- shall be blessed4 · 2%
- he blessed4 · 2%
- unto him, and to bless3 · 1%
- will i bless3 · 1%
- i will bless3 · 1%
- salute2 · 1%
- and they blessed2 · 1%
- he will bless2 · 1%
- had blessed2 · 1%
- thee to bless2 · 1%
- behold, i have blessed1 · 0%
- also of her: yea, i will bless1 · 0%
- them that bless1 · 0%
- he them; and blessed1 · 0%
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.