Strong's Hebrew · H1293
H1293 Bᵉrâkâh
בְּרָכָה
ber-aw-kaw'
blessing
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Bᵉrâkâh appears 69 times in Scripture, including Genesis 12:2 and Genesis 27:12. 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
benediction; by implication prosperity
In the King James Version
blessing, liberal, pool, present.
Derivation
from H1288 (בָּרַךְ);
Appears 69 times in Scripture
“But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.””
“So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?””
“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.”
“by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.”
“What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.””
“The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.”
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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).
