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Strong's Number H1254

בָּרָא

bara' · baw-raw'

Transliteration:

bara'{baw-raw'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

278

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)

Usage in the KJV:

create 42, creator 3, choose 2, make 1, cut down 2, dispatch 1, done 1, make fat 1

Total: 54
Occurs 55 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to create, shape, form
1. (Qal) to shape, fashion, create (always with God as subject)
  1. of heaven and earth
  2. of individual man
  3. of new conditions and circumstances
  4. of transformations
2. (Niphal) to be created
  1. of heaven and earth
  2. of birth
  3. of something new
  4. of miracles
3. (Piel)
  1. to cut down
  2. to cut out
to be fat
1. (Hiphil) to make yourselves fat