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H1288 · בָרַךְ

bârak · baw-rak' · bless, salute, curse,

H1288 (bârak, pronounced baw-rak') is the Hebrew word בָרַךְ in Strong’s dictionary: to kneel. It appears 330 times in 289 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).

Strong’s entry

Original word
בָרַךְ (Hebrew)
Transliteration
bârak
Pronunciation
baw-rak'
Derivation
a primitive root;
Definition
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
Rendered in the KJV
[idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, [idiom] still, thank.

In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)

330 occurrences in 289 verses (323 with English words of their own, 7 in the original with no English word of their own).

How the BSB renders it

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Genesis 62 · Exodus 6 · Leviticus 2 · Numbers 11 · Deuteronomy 35 · Joshua 7 · Judges 5 · Ruth 5 · 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

First 30 of 289 verses

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