בָּרַךְ
ba.rakh
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)
Translated as (BSB)
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Old Testament
New Testament
Concordance 289 verses
- Deuteronomy 24:19 יְבָרֶכְךָ֙
If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
- Deuteronomy 26:15 וּבָרֵ֤ךְ
Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”
- Deuteronomy 27:12 לְבָרֵ֤ךְ
“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
- Deuteronomy 28:3 בָּר֥וּךְוּבָר֥וּךְ
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
- Deuteronomy 28:4 בָּר֧וּךְ
The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock— the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
- Deuteronomy 28:5 בָּר֥וּךְ
Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed.
- Deuteronomy 28:6 בָּר֥וּךְוּבָר֥וּךְ
You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
- Deuteronomy 28:8 וּבֵ֣רַכְךָ֔
The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 28:12 וּלְבָרֵ֕ךְ
The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.
- Deuteronomy 29:19 וְהִתְבָּרֵ֨ךְ
because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
- Deuteronomy 30:16 וּבֵֽרַכְךָ֙
For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
- Deuteronomy 33:1 בֵּרַ֥ךְ
This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
- Deuteronomy 33:11 בָּרֵ֤ךְ
Bless his substance, O LORD, and accept the work of his hands. Smash the loins of those who rise against him, and of his foes so they can rise no more.”
- Deuteronomy 33:13 מְבֹרֶ֥כֶת
Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,
- Deuteronomy 33:20 בָּר֖וּךְ
Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.
- Deuteronomy 33:24 בָּר֥וּךְ
And concerning Asher he said: “May Asher be the most blessed of sons; may he be the most favored among his brothers and dip his foot in oil.
- Joshua 8:33 לְבָרֵ֛ךְ
All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.
- Joshua 14:13 וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖הוּ
Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
- Joshua 17:14 בֵּֽרְכַ֥נִי
Then the sons of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one portion as an inheritance? We have many people, because the LORD has blessed us abundantly.”
- Joshua 22:6 וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖ם
So Joshua blessed them and sent them on their way, and they went to their homes.
- Joshua 22:7 וַיְבָרֲכֵֽם׃
(To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to the other half Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan among their brothers.) When Joshua sent them to their homes he blessed them,
- Joshua 22:33 וַיְבָרֲכ֥וּ
The Israelites were satisfied with the report, and they blessed God and spoke no more about going to war against them to destroy the land where the Reubenites and Gadites lived.
- Joshua 24:10 וַיְבָ֤רֶךְבָּרוֹךְ֙
but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.
- Judges 5:2 בָּרֲכ֖וּ
“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.
- Judges 5:9 בָּרֲכ֖וּ
My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
- Judges 5:24 תְּבֹרַךְ֙תְּבֹרָֽךְ׃
Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
- Judges 13:24 וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖הוּ
So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.
- Judges 17:2 בָּר֥וּךְ
said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!”
- Ruth 2:4 יְבָרֶכְךָ֥
Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.
- Ruth 2:19 בָּר֑וּךְ
Then her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you.” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
- Ruth 2:20 בָּר֥וּךְ
Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”
- Ruth 3:10 בְּרוּכָ֨ה
Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.
- Ruth 4:14 בָּר֣וּךְ
Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.
- 1 Samuel 2:20 וּבֵרַ֨ךְ
And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.
- 1 Samuel 9:13 יְבָרֵ֣ךְ
As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests will eat. Go up at once; you will find him.”
- 1 Samuel 13:10 לְבָרֲכֽוֹ׃
Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.
- 1 Samuel 15:13 בָּר֤וּךְ
When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
- 1 Samuel 23:21 בְּרוּכִ֥ים
“May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.
- 1 Samuel 25:14 לְבָרֵ֥ךְ
Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he scolded them.
- 1 Samuel 25:32 בָּר֤וּךְ
Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!
- 1 Samuel 25:33 וּבָר֥וּךְוּבְרוּכָ֣ה
Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
- 1 Samuel 25:39 בָּר֣וּךְ
On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking for her in marriage.
- 1 Samuel 26:25 בָּר֤וּךְ
Saul said to him, “May you be blessed, David my son. You will accomplish great things and will surely prevail.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.
- 2 Samuel 2:5 בְּרֻכִ֤ים
So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead to tell them, “The LORD bless you, because you showed this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him.
- 2 Samuel 6:11 וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ
Thus the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed him and all his household.
- 2 Samuel 6:12 בֵּרַ֣ךְ
Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.
- 2 Samuel 6:18 וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ
When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.
- 2 Samuel 6:20 לְבָרֵ֣ךְ
As soon as David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”
- 2 Samuel 7:29 וּבָרֵךְ֙יְבֹרַ֥ךְ
Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”
- 2 Samuel 8:10 וּֽלְבָרֲכ֗וֹ
he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,