Usually translated as
bless, salute, curse, altogether, blaspheme, indeed, kneel, congratulate, praise, abundantly, at all, greatly, still, thank
Occurrences
Bârak occurs 329 times in 288 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (62), Exodus (6), Leviticus (2), Numbers (11), Deuteronomy (35), Joshua (7), Judges (5), Ruth (4), 1 Samuel (10), 2 Samuel (13), 1 Kings (12), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (11), 2 Chronicles (9), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (3), Job (8), Psalms (68), Proverbs (6), Isaiah (6), Jeremiah (4), Ezekiel (1), Haggai (1), Zechariah (1)
- Genesis 1:22 — And God blessed (וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ) them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
- Genesis 1:28 — And God blessed (וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ) them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
- Genesis 2:3 — And God blessed (וַיְבָ֤רֶךְ) the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
- Genesis 5:2 — Male and female created he them; and blessed (וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ) them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
- Genesis 9:1 — And God blessed (וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ) Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
- Genesis 9:26 — And he said, Blessed (בָּר֥וּךְ) be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
- Genesis 12:2 — And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless (וַאֲבָ֣רֶכְךָ֔) thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
- Genesis 12:3 — And I will bless (וַאֲבָֽרֲכָה֙) them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
- Genesis 12:3 — And I will bless them that bless (מְבָ֣רְכֶ֔יךָ) thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
- Genesis 12:3 — And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed (וְנִבְרְכ֣וּ).
- Genesis 14:19 — And he blessed (וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖הוּ) him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
- Genesis 14:19 — And he blessed him, and said, Blessed (בָּר֤וּךְ) be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
- Genesis 14:20 — And blessed (וּבָרוּךְ֙) be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
- Genesis 17:16 — And I will bless (וּבֵרַכְתִּ֣י) her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
- Genesis 17:16 — And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless (וּבֵֽרַכְתִּ֙יהָ֙) her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
- Genesis 17:20 — And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed (בֵּרַ֣כְתִּי) him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
- Genesis 18:18 — Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed (וְנִ֨בְרְכוּ) in him?
- Genesis 22:17 — That in blessing (בָרֵ֣ךְ) I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
- Genesis 22:17 — That in blessing I will bless (אֲבָרֶכְךָ֗) thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
- Genesis 22:18 — And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed (וְהִתְבָּרֲכ֣וּ); because thou hast obeyed my voice.
- Genesis 24:1 — And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed (בֵּרַ֥ךְ) Abraham in all things.
- Genesis 24:11 — And he made his camels to kneel down (וַיַּבְרֵ֧ךְ) without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
- Genesis 24:27 — And he said, Blessed (בָּר֤וּךְ) be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren.
- Genesis 24:31 — And he said, Come in, thou blessed (בְּר֣וּךְ) of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
- Genesis 24:35 — And the LORD hath blessed (בֵּרַ֧ךְ) my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
- Genesis 24:48 — And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed (וָאֲבָרֵ֗ךְ) the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.
- Genesis 24:60 — And they blessed (וַיְבָרֲכ֤וּ) Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
- Genesis 25:11 — And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed (וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ) his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.
- Genesis 26:3 — Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless (וַאֲבָרְכֶ֑ךָּ) thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
- Genesis 26:4 — And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed (וְהִתְבָּרֲכ֣וּ);
- Genesis 26:12 — Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed (וַֽיְבָרֲכֵ֖הוּ) him.
- Genesis 26:24 — And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless (וּבֵֽרַכְתִּ֙יךָ֙) thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.
- Genesis 26:29 — That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed (בְּר֥וּךְ) of the LORD.
- Genesis 27:4 — And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless (תְּבָרֶכְךָ֥) thee before I die.
- Genesis 27:7 — Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless (וַאֲבָרֶכְכָ֛ה) thee before the LORD before my death.
- Genesis 27:10 — And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless (יְבָרֶכְךָ֖) thee before his death.
- Genesis 27:19 — And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless (תְּבָרֲכַ֥נִּי) me.
- Genesis 27:23 — And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed (וַֽיְבָרְכֵֽהוּ) him.
- Genesis 27:25 — And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless (תְּבָֽרֶכְךָ֖) thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
- Genesis 27:27 — And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed (וַֽיְבָרֲכֵ֑הוּ) him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
- Genesis 27:27 — And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed (בֵּרֲכ֖וֹ):
- Genesis 27:29 — Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed (וּֽמְבָרֲכֶ֖יךָ) be he that blesseth thee.
- Genesis 27:29 — Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth (בָּרֽוּךְ) thee.
- Genesis 27:30 — And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing (לְבָרֵ֣ךְ) Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
- Genesis 27:31 — And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless (תְּבָרֲכַ֥נִּי) me.
- Genesis 27:33 — And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed (וָאֲבָרֲכֵ֑הוּ) him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
- Genesis 27:33 — And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed (בָּר֖וּךְ).
- Genesis 27:34 — And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless (בָּרֲכֵ֥נִי) me, even me also, O my father.
- Genesis 27:38 — And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless (בָּרֲכֵ֥נִי) me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
- Genesis 27:41 — And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed (בֵּרֲכ֖וֹ) him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.