The meaning of “בָּרָא”
Understanding bârâʼ reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat). - (absolutely) to create - (qualified) to cut down (a wood...
בָּרָא
choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat). - (absolutely) to create - (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes) 1) to create, shape, form 1a) (Qal) to shape, fashion, create (always with God as subject) 1a1) of heaven and earth 1a2) of individual man 1a3) of new conditions and circumstances 1a4) of transformations 1b) (Niphal) to be created 1b1) of heaven and earth 1b2) of birth 1b3) of something new 1b4) of miracles 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cut down 1c2) to cut out 2) to be fat 2a) (Hiphil) to make yourselves fat
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 2:4 | “These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,” Word: בָּרָא (bârâʼ) | |
| Numbers 16:30 | “But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.” Word: בָּרָא (bârâʼ) | |
| Joshua 17:18 | “But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. ” Word: בָּרָא (bârâʼ) | |
| Psalms 102:18 | “This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.” Word: בָּרָא (bârâʼ) | |
| Isaiah 45:7 | “I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.” Word: בָּרָא (bârâʼ) |
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