Strongs Number: H1254
- Hebrew Word
- בָּרָא
- Transliteration
- bârâʼ
- Phonetic
- baw-raw'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a {wood}) select: feed (as formative processes)
- BDB Definition
-
1. to create, shape, form
a. (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
b. (Niphal) to be created
1. of heaven and earth
2. of birth
3. of something new
4. of miracles
c. (Piel)
1. to cut down
2. to cut out
2. to be fat
a. (Hiphil) to make yourselves fat
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- {choose} create ({creator}) cut {down} {dispatch} {do} make (fat).