Strong's Hebrew · H1252

H1252 bôr

בֹּר

bore

cleanness

Looking for Greek G1252 diakrínō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H1252. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

bôr appears 5 times in Scripture, in 2 Samuel, Job and Psalms. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

purity

In the King James Version

cleanness, pureness.

Derivation

from H1305 (בָּרַר);

Appears 5 times in Scripture

2 Samuel 22:21

“The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.”

Job 22:30

“He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.””

Psalms 18:24

“So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.”

Psalms 18:20

“The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.”

2 Samuel 22:25

“So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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