Strong's Hebrew · H1290
H1290 berek
בֶּרֶךְ
beh'-rek
knee
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berek appears 25 times in Scripture, including Genesis 30:3 and Deuteronomy 28:35. 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
a knee
In the King James Version
knee.
Derivation
from H1288 (בָּרַךְ);
Appears 25 times in Scripture
“And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.”
“Then Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedown.”
“The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.”
“So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.”
“And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.”
“At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,”
“He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.”
“Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.”
“Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.””
“So Gideon brought the men down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.””
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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).
