בֶּרֶךְ
berek · beh'-rek
a knee
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1288 (בָרַךְ);
a knee
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: knee.
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 בֶּרֶךְ 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
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- knees3 · 12%
- upon my knees2 · 8%
- upon his knees2 · 8%
- upon her knees2 · 8%
- on his knees2 · 8%
- and all knees2 · 8%
- his knees1 · 4%
- thee in the knees1 · 4%
- upon their knees1 · 4%
- between his knees1 · 4%
- all the knees1 · 4%
- on her knees1 · 4%
- why did the knees1 · 4%
- my knees1 · 4%
- that unto me every knee1 · 4%
- were to the knees1 · 4%
- me upon my knees1 · 4%
- and the knees1 · 4%
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.