בָּרַר
bârar · baw-rar'
to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse (be clean), clearly, polished, (shew self) pure(-ify), purge (out).
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
- 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 head, the highest
The house, what is within of the head, the highest of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּרַר 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with the pure2 · 11%
- thou wilt shew thyself pure2 · 11%
- choice2 · 11%
- all these which were chosen1 · 6%
- that were chosen1 · 6%
- clearly1 · 6%
- might manifest1 · 6%
- me a polished1 · 6%
- of her; be ye clean1 · 6%
- nor to cleanse1 · 6%
- make bright1 · 6%
- and i will purge out1 · 6%
- them, and to purge1 · 6%
- shall be purified1 · 6%
- a pure1 · 6%
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.