Strong's Hebrew · H1305

בָּרַר

bârar · baw-rar'

make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse (be clean), clearly, polished, (shew self) pure(-ify), purge (out).

Definition

to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 18 times in Scripture

Job 33:3

My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.

Psalms 18:26

to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

1 Chronicles 9:22

The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.

1 Chronicles 7:40

All these were the descendants of Asher—heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000.

Daniel 11:35

Some of the wise will fall so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.

1 Chronicles 16:41

With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD, for “His loving devotion endures forever.”

2 Samuel 22:27

to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

Nehemiah 5:18

Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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