Bârâʼ — H1254

Definition

verb

(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)

1. to create, shape, form
1. (Qal) to shape, fashion, create (always with God as subject)
1. of heaven and earth
2. of individual man
3. of new conditions and circumstances
4. of transformations
2. (Niphal) to be created
1. of heaven and earth
2. of birth
3. of something new
4. of miracles
3. (Piel)
1. to cut down
2. to cut out
2. to be fat
1. (Hiphil) to make yourselves fat

Usually translated as

create, creator, choose, dispatch, make, cut down, do

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• árchō (G757)
• génnēma (G1081)
• gínomai (G1096)
• deiknýō (G1166)
• diatássō (G1299)
• ekkathaírō (G1571)
• eneulogéō (G1757)
• hetoimázō (G2090)
• kataskeuázō (G2680)
• ktízō (G2936)
• poiéō (G4160)

Occurrences

Bârâʼ occurs 54 times in 46 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (8), Exodus (1), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (2), 1 Samuel (1), Psalms (6), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (17), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (5), Amos (1), Malachi (1)

• Genesis 1:1 — In the beginning God created (בָּרָ֣א) the heaven and the earth.
• Genesis 1:21 — And God created (וַיִּבְרָ֣א) great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:27 — So God created (וַיִּבְרָ֨א) man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
• Genesis 1:27 — So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created (בָּרָ֣א) he him; male and female created he them.
• Genesis 1:27 — So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created (בָּרָ֥א) he them.
• Genesis 2:3 — And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created (בָּרָ֥א) and made.
• Genesis 2:4 — These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created (בְּהִבָּֽרְאָ֑ם), in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
• Genesis 5:1 — This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created (בְּרֹ֤א) man, in the likeness of God made he him;
• Genesis 5:2 — Male and female created (בְּרָאָ֑ם) he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
• Genesis 5:2 — Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created (הִבָּֽרְאָֽם).
• Genesis 6:7 — And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created (בָּרָ֙אתִי֙) from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
• Exodus 34:10 — And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done (נִבְרְא֥וּ) in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.
• Numbers 16:30 — But if the LORD make (יִבְרָ֣א) a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
• Deuteronomy 4:32 — For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created (בָּרָ֨א) man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
• Joshua 17:15 — And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down (וּבֵרֵאתָ֤) for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
• Joshua 17:18 — But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down (וּבֵ֣רֵאת֔וֹ): and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
• 1 Samuel 2:29 — Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat (לְהַבְרִֽיאֲכֶ֗ם) with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
• Psalms 51:10 — Create (בְּרָא) in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
• Psalms 89:12 — The north and the south thou hast created (בְרָאתָ֑ם) them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
• Psalms 89:47 — Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made (בָּרָ֥אתָ) all men in vain?
• Psalms 102:18 — This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created (נִ֝בְרָ֗א) shall praise the LORD.
• Psalms 104:30 — Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created (יִבָּרֵא֑וּן): and thou renewest the face of the earth.
• Psalms 148:5 — Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created (וְנִבְרָֽאוּ).
• Ecclesiastes 12:1 — Remember now thy Creator (בּ֣וֹרְאֶ֔יךָ) in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
• Isaiah 4:5 — And the LORD will create (וּבָרָ֣א) upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
• Isaiah 40:26 — Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created (בָרָ֣א) these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
• Isaiah 40:28 — Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator (בּוֹרֵא֙) of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
• Isaiah 41:20 — That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created (בְּרָאָֽהּ) it.
• Isaiah 42:5 — Thus saith God the LORD, he that created (בּוֹרֵ֤א) the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
• Isaiah 43:1 — But now thus saith the LORD that created (בֹּרַאֲךָ֣) thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
• Isaiah 43:7 — Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created (בְּרָאתִ֑יו) him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
• Isaiah 43:15 — I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator (בּוֹרֵ֥א) of Israel, your King.
• Isaiah 45:7 — I form the light, and create (וּבוֹרֵ֣א) darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
• Isaiah 45:7 — I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create (וּב֣וֹרֵא) evil: I the LORD do all these things.
• Isaiah 45:8 — Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created (בְּרָאתִֽיו) it.
• Isaiah 45:12 — I have made the earth, and created (בָרָ֑אתִי) man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
• Isaiah 45:18 — For thus saith the LORD that created (בּוֹרֵ֨א) the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
• Isaiah 45:18 — For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created (בְרָאָ֖הּ) it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
• Isaiah 48:7 — They are created (נִבְרְאוּ֙) now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
• Isaiah 54:16 — Behold, I have created (בָּרָ֣אתִי) the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
• Isaiah 54:16 — Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created (בָּרָ֥אתִי) the waster to destroy.
• Isaiah 57:19 — I create (בּוֹרֵ֖א) the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
• Isaiah 65:17 — For, behold, I create (בוֹרֵ֛א) new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
• Isaiah 65:18 — But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create (בוֹרֵ֑א): for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
• Isaiah 65:18 — But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create (בוֹרֵ֧א) Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
• Jeremiah 31:22 — How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created (בָרָ֨א) a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
• Ezekiel 21:19 — Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose (בָּרֵ֔א) thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
• Ezekiel 21:19 — Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose (בָּרֵֽא) it at the head of the way to the city.
• Ezekiel 21:30 — Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created (נִבְרֵ֛את), in the land of thy nativity.
• Ezekiel 23:47 — And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch (וּבָרֵ֥א) them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.