בָּרַךְ

ba.rakh

Hebrew H1288 Verb 330 occurrences in 289 verses
בָּרַךְ to bless

1. to bless, kneel

a. (Qal)

1. to kneel

2. to bless

b. (Niphal) to be blessed, bless oneself

c. (Piel) to bless

d. (Pual) to be blessed, be adored

e. (Hiphil) to cause to kneel

f. (Hithpael) to bless oneself

2. (TWOT) to praise, salute, curse

Aramaic equivalent: be.rakh (בְּרַךְ "to bless" H1289)

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 289 verses

  1. Genesis 1:22 וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ

    Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

  2. Genesis 1:28 וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ

    God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

  3. Genesis 2:3 וַיְבָ֤רֶךְ

    Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

  4. Genesis 5:2 וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ

    Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”

  5. Genesis 9:1 וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ

    And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

  6. Genesis 9:26 בָּר֥וּךְ

    He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.

  7. Genesis 12:2 וַאֲבָ֣רֶכְךָ֔

    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.

  8. Genesis 12:3 וַאֲבָֽרֲכָה֙מְבָ֣רְכֶ֔יךָוְנִבְרְכ֣וּ

    I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

  9. Genesis 14:19 וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖הוּבָּר֤וּךְ

    and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

  10. Genesis 14:20 וּבָרוּךְ֙

    and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.

  11. Genesis 17:16 וּבֵרַכְתִּ֣יוּבֵֽרַכְתִּ֙יהָ֙

    And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”

  12. Genesis 17:20 בֵּרַ֣כְתִּי

    As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

  13. Genesis 18:18 וְנִ֨בְרְכוּ

    Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

  14. Genesis 22:17 בָרֵ֣ךְאֲבָרֶכְךָ֗

    I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

  15. Genesis 22:18 וְהִתְבָּרֲכ֣וּ

    And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

  16. Genesis 24:1 בֵּרַ֥ךְ

    By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.

  17. Genesis 24:11 וַיַּבְרֵ֧ךְ

    As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.

  18. Genesis 24:27 בָּר֤וּךְ

    saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”

  19. Genesis 24:31 בְּר֣וּךְ

    “Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” said Laban. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”

  20. Genesis 24:35 בֵּרַ֧ךְ

    “The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.

  21. Genesis 24:48 וָאֲבָרֵ֗ךְ

    Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.

  22. Genesis 24:60 וַיְבָרֲכ֤וּ

    And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”

  23. Genesis 25:11 וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ

    After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.

  24. Genesis 26:3 וַאֲבָרְכֶ֑ךָּ

    Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

  25. Genesis 26:4 וְהִתְבָּרֲכ֣וּ

    I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,

  26. Genesis 26:12 וַֽיְבָרֲכֵ֖הוּ

    Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

  27. Genesis 26:24 וּבֵֽרַכְתִּ֙יךָ֙

    and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”

  28. Genesis 26:29 בְּר֥וּךְ

    that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”

  29. Genesis 27:4 תְּבָרֶכְךָ֥

    Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”

  30. Genesis 27:7 וַאֲבָרֶכְכָ֛ה

    ‘Bring me some game and prepare me a tasty dish to eat, so that I may bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.’

  31. Genesis 27:10 יְבָרֶכְךָ֖

    Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”

  32. Genesis 27:19 תְּבָרֲכַ֥נִּי

    Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”

  33. Genesis 27:23 וַֽיְבָרְכֵֽהוּ׃

    Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.

  34. Genesis 27:25 תְּבָֽרֶכְךָ֖

    “Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.

  35. Genesis 27:27 וַֽיְבָרֲכֵ֑הוּבֵּרֲכ֖וֹ

    So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.

  36. Genesis 27:29 וּֽמְבָרֲכֶ֖יךָבָּרֽוּךְ׃

    May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”

  37. Genesis 27:30 לְבָרֵ֣ךְ

    As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.

  38. Genesis 27:31 תְּבָרֲכַ֥נִּי

    He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, “My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game, so that you may bless me.”

  39. Genesis 27:33 וָאֲבָרֲכֵ֑הוּבָּר֖וּךְ

    Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”

  40. Genesis 27:34 בָּרֲכֵ֥נִי

    When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”

  41. Genesis 27:38 בָּרֲכֵ֥נִי

    Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.

  42. Genesis 27:41 בֵּרֲכ֖וֹ

    Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

  43. Genesis 28:1 וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ

    So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.

  44. Genesis 28:3 יְבָרֵ֣ךְ

    May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.

  45. Genesis 28:6 בֵרַ֣ךְבְּבָרֲכ֣וֹ

    Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,”

  46. Genesis 28:14 וְנִבְרֲכ֥וּ

    Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

  47. Genesis 30:27 וַיְבָרֲכֵ֥נִי

    But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”

  48. Genesis 30:30 וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ

    Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”

  49. Genesis 31:55 וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ

    Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.

  50. Genesis 32:26 בֵּרַכְתָּֽנִי׃

    Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

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