בְּרָכָה
Bᵉrâkâh · ber-aw-kaw'
benediction; by implication prosperity
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1288 (בָרַךְ);
benediction; by implication prosperity
- benediction
- by implication, prosperity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: blessing, liberal, pool, present.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the head, the highest › the open hand that covers › to reveal, behold
The house, what is within of the head, the highest of the open hand that covers that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּרָכָה 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
69 occurrences · 69 OT · 0 NT · 46 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a blessing7 · 15%
- the blessing7 · 15%
- blessing3 · 6%
- thy blessing2 · 4%
- my blessing2 · 4%
- blessings2 · 4%
- the blessings2 · 4%
- according to the blessing2 · 4%
- into a blessing2 · 4%
- me a blessing2 · 4%
- an agreement with me by a present2 · 4%
- is blessed2 · 4%
- and thou shalt be a blessing1 · 2%
- upon me, and not a blessing1 · 2%
- of the blessing1 · 2%
- thee the blessing1 · 2%
- i pray thee, my blessing1 · 2%
- and the blessing1 · 2%
- thee with blessings1 · 2%
- under, blessings1 · 2%
- above the blessings1 · 2%
- according to his blessing1 · 2%
- upon you a blessing1 · 2%
- and all these blessings1 · 2%
- upon thee, the blessing1 · 2%
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.