Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H1288
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- barak
- Pronunciation
- baw-rak'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H1288
- Brief meaning
- 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)
- Source renderings
- abundantly, altogether, at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, greatly, indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, still, thank
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- 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). Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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01288\ 1288 barak baw-rak' a primitive root; 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):--X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.