Strong's Hebrew · H1262

H1262 bârâh

בָּרָה

baw-raw'

to eat

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bârâh appears 6 times in Scripture, in 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel and Lamentations. 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

to select; to feed; to render clear

In the King James Version

choose, (cause to) eat, manifest, (give) meat.

Derivation

a primitive root; to select; also (as denominative from H1250 (בָּר)) to feed; also (as equivalent to H1305 (בָּרַר)) to render clear (Ecclesiastes 3:18)

Appears 6 times in Scripture

2 Samuel 3:35

“Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!””

2 Samuel 13:6

“So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.””

Lamentations 4:10

“The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

2 Samuel 13:10

“Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat it from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes she had made and went to her brother Amnon’s bedroom.”

1 Samuel 17:8

“And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.”

2 Samuel 13:5

“Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’””

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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).