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בָּרָא

ba.ra

to create

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Strong’s H1254aVerb53 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

he created8

i created5

who created3

am about to create3

were created2

they have been created2

he will create2

you will cut down2

In the text

Genesis 1:1בָּרָא
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Exodus 34:10נִבְרְאוּ
And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.
Joshua 17:15וּבֵרֵאתָ
Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”
Psalm 51:10בְּרָא
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Isaiah 42:5בּוֹרֵא
This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
Ezekiel 21:19בָּרֵא
“Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a signpost where the road branches off to each city.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

בָּרָא 53 vb. shape, create

Qal Pf.—shape, fashion, create

Niph.—Pass.

1. be created

2. with reference to birth

3. of something new, astonishing

Pi.

1. cut down

2. cut out

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.