H1288 Definition

Strong's number
H1288
Lemma
בָרַךְ
Transliteration
bârak
Pronunciation
baw-rak'
Strong's definition
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason) [idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, [idiom] still, thank. a primitive root;

289 instances of the word בָרַךְ bârak (H1288)


  • Genesis 17:16 - And I will bless her and give thee a son And I will bless her and she shall be a mother of nations kings of people

  • Genesis 17:20 - And as for Ishmael I have heard thee Behold I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly him exceedingly twelve princes shall he beget and I will make him nation a great

  • 1 Chronicles 17:27 - Now therefore let it please and it shall be blessed the house of thy servant for ever that it may be before O LORD and it shall be blessed and it shall be blessed for ever

  • Exodus 18:10 - said And Jethro Blessed be the LORD who hath delivered and out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh who hath delivered the people and out of the hand of the Egyptians

  • 1 Chronicles 18:10 - He sent Hadoram his son to king David to enquire to enquire of his welfare and to congratulate him because he had fought against Hadarezer and smitten had war with Tou against Hadarezer and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass

  • Genesis 18:18 - Seeing that Abraham and all the nations shall surely become a great and mighty shall be blessed and all the nations of the earth

  • 2 Samuel 18:28 - called And Ahimaaz and said before the king All is well And he fell down before the king upon his face to the earth and said Blessed be the LORD thy God which hath delivered up that lifted up their hand against my lord before the king

  • Psalms 18:46 - liveth The LORD and blessed be my rock be exalted and let the God of my salvation

  • Isaiah 19:25 - Blessed Whom the LORD of hosts saying Blessed my people be Egypt the work of my hands and Assyria mine inheritance and Israel

  • 2 Samuel 19:39 - was come over And all the people Jordan And when the king was come over kissed And when the king Barzillai and blessed him and he returned unto his own place

  • Exodus 20:11 - For in six day made the LORD heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested day the seventh blessed the LORD day the sabbath and hallowed

  • Jeremiah 20:14 - Cursed be the day bare be the day bare wherein my mother me be blessed

  • Proverbs 20:21 - An inheritance at the beginning but the end thereof shall not be blessed

  • Exodus 20:24 - An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings and thy peace offerings thy sheep and thine oxen in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless

  • 2 Chronicles 20:26 - day And on the fourth they assembled The valley of Berachah for there they blessed the LORD was called therefore the name of the same place The valley of Berachah day

  • 2 Samuel 21:3 - said Wherefore David unto the Gibeonites What shall I do for you and wherewith shall I make the atonement that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD

  • Deuteronomy 21:5 - shall come near And the priests the sons of Levi hath chosen for them the LORD thy God to minister unto him and to bless in the name for them the LORD and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke

  • 1 Kings 21:10 - And set two men sons of Belial before him to bear witness against him saying Thou didst blaspheme God and the king And then carry him out and stone him that he may die

  • 1 Kings 21:13 - And there came in two children of Belial and sat witnessed of Belial Naboth in the presence of the people saying did blaspheme Naboth God and the king Then they carried him forth out of the city and stoned him with stones that he died

  • Joshua 22:6 - blessed So Joshua them and sent them away unto their tents

  • Numbers 22:6 - and he whom thou cursest me this people for they are too mighty for me peradventure I shall prevail that we may smite them and that I may drive them out of the land for I wot is blessed is blessed and he whom thou cursest and he whom thou cursest

  • Joshua 22:7 - Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh had given Moses possession in Bashan Now to the one half had given And when Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward sent them away And when Joshua also unto their tents then he blessed

  • Proverbs 22:9 - He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed for he giveth of his bread to the poor

  • Numbers 22:12 - said And God unto Balaam with them thou shalt not curse the people for they are blessed

  • Genesis 22:17 - I will bless I will bless I will multiply I will multiply and thy seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand shore which is upon the sea shall possess and thy seed the gate of his enemies

  • Genesis 22:18 - be blessed And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth because thou hast obeyed my voice

  • Joshua 22:33 - pleased And the thing and the children of Israel blessed God and the children of Israel and did not intend to go up against them in battle to destroy the land and the children of Reuben and the children and Gad dwelt

  • 2 Samuel 22:47 - liveth The LORD and blessed be my rock and exalted be the God be my rock of my salvation

  • Numbers 23:11 - said And Balak unto Balaam What hast thou done thee to curse mine enemies unto me I took and behold thou hast blessed and behold thou hast blessed

  • 1 Chronicles 23:13 - The sons of Amram Aaron and Moses was separated Aaron that he should sanctify holy things holy things The sons for ever to burn incense before the LORD to minister unto him and to bless in his name for ever

  • Deuteronomy 23:20 - Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury but unto thy brother thou mayest lend upon usury may bless that the LORD thy God thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess

  • Numbers 23:20 - and he hath blessed Behold I have received and he hath blessed and I cannot reverse

  • 1 Samuel 23:21 - said And Saul Blessed be ye of the LORD for ye have compassion

  • Exodus 23:25 - And ye shall serve the LORD your God and he shall bless thy bread and thy water and I will take sickness from the midst

  • Numbers 23:25 - said And Balak unto Balaam them at all Neither curse nor bless nor bless

  • Genesis 24:1 - Abraham was old and well stricken in age and the LORD had blessed Abraham

  • Numbers 24:1 - saw And when Balaam that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel he went not as at other times not as at other times to seek for enchantments but he set toward the wilderness his face

  • Numbers 24:9 - He couched he lay down as a lion and as a great lion who shall stir him up Blessed Blessed is he that curseth is he that curseth

  • Joshua 24:10 - But I would not hearken unto Balaam therefore he blessed therefore he blessed so I delivered you out of his hand

  • Numbers 24:10 - was kindled anger And Balak's against Balaam and he smote his hands said And Balak's against Balaam thee to curse mine enemies I called and behold thou hast altogether and behold thou hast altogether them these three times

  • Genesis 24:11 - And he made his camels without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening at the time that women go out to draw

  • Deuteronomy 24:13 - In any case In any case him the pledge goeth down when the sun that he may sleep in his own raiment and bless thee and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God

  • Deuteronomy 24:19 - When thou cuttest down thine harvest in the field and hast forgot a sheaf in the field thou shalt not go again to fetch it it shall be for the stranger for the fatherless and for the widow may bless that the LORD thy God thee in all the work of thine hands

  • Genesis 24:27 - And he said Blessed be the LORD God my master Abraham who hath not left destitute of his mercy and his truth my master I being in the way led me be the LORD to the house brethren my master

  • Genesis 24:31 - And he said Come in thou blessed of the LORD wherefore standest thou without for I have prepared the house and room for the camels

  • Genesis 24:35 - And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly and he is become great and he hath given flocks and herds and silver and gold and menservants and maidservants and camels and asses

  • Genesis 24:48 - And I bowed down my head and worshipped the LORD and blessed the LORD God my master's Abraham which had led me way in the right to take daughter brother's my master's unto his son

  • Genesis 24:60 - And they blessed Rebekah and said art our sister unto her Thou be thou the mother of thousands of millions possess and let thy seed the gate of those which hate

  • Genesis 25:11 - And it came to pass after the death of Abraham blessed that God Isaac his son dwelt Isaac by the well Lahairoi

  • 1 Samuel 25:14 - Abigail wife Nabal's told of the young men But one of the young men saying sent Behold David messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master and he railed

  • 1 Samuel 25:32 - said And David to Abigail Blessed be the LORD God of Israel which sent thee this day to meet

  • 1 Samuel 25:33 - And blessed be thy advice And blessed be thou which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood and from avenging myself with mine own hand

  • 1 Samuel 25:39 - heard And David was dead of Nabal he said Blessed be the LORD that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal his servant and hath kept from evil from evil of Nabal hath returned be the LORD upon his own head sent And David and communed with Abigail to take her to him to wife

  • Genesis 26:3 - Sojourn countries and I will be with thee and will bless thee for unto thee and unto thy seed I will give countries all these and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father

  • Genesis 26:4 - And I will make and in thy seed as the stars of heaven and will give and in thy seed countries all these be blessed and in thy seed shall all the nations countries

  • 1 Chronicles 26:5 - Ammiel the sixth Issachar the seventh Peulthai the eighth blessed for God

  • Genesis 26:12 - sowed Then Isaac in that land and received in the same year an hundredfold blessed and the LORD

  • Psalms 26:12 - My foot standeth in an even place in the congregations will I bless the LORD

  • Deuteronomy 26:15 - Look down habitation from thy holy from heaven and bless thy people Israel and the land which thou hast given us as thou swarest unto our fathers a land that floweth with milk and honey

  • Genesis 26:24 - appeared And the LORD unto him the same night and said I am the God Abraham's thy father fear not for I am with thee and will bless thee and multiply thy seed Abraham's for my servant

  • 1 Samuel 26:25 - said Then Saul David Blessed be thou my son David great great prevail prevail David on his way Then Saul returned to his place

  • Genesis 26:29 - That thou wilt do us no hurt as we have not touched That thou wilt do unto thee nothing but good and have sent thee away in peace thou art now the blessed of the LORD

  • Genesis 27:4 - And make me savoury meat such as I love and bring it to me that I may eat may bless that my soul thee before I die

  • Genesis 27:7 - Bring me venison and make me savoury meat that I may eat and bless before the LORD before my death

  • Genesis 27:10 - And thou shalt bring it to thy father that he may eat and that he may bless thee before his death

  • Deuteronomy 27:12 - These shall stand to bless the people upon mount Gerizim when ye are come over Jordan Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin

  • Proverbs 27:14 - He that blesseth his friend voice with a loud in the morning rising early a curse it shall be counted

  • Genesis 27:19 - said And Jacob unto his father I am Esau thy firstborn I have done according as thou badest me arise I pray thee sit and eat of my venison may bless that thy soul

  • Genesis 27:23 - And he discerned hands hands Esau's as his brother were hairy so he blessed

  • Genesis 27:25 - And he said Bring it near to him and he did eat venison of my son's may bless that my soul Bring it near to him and he did eat and he brought him wine and he drank

  • Genesis 27:27 - And he came near and kissed him and he smelled is as the smell of his raiment and blessed him and said See is as the smell of my son is as the smell of a field and blessed which the LORD

  • Genesis 27:29 - serve Let people bow down thee and nations to thee be lord over thy brethren bow down sons and let thy mother's be every one that curseth be every one that curseth be he that blesseth be he that blesseth

  • Genesis 27:30 - had made an end And it came to pass as soon as Isaac of blessing Jacob was yet gone out gone out Jacob from the presence And it came to pass as soon as Isaac his father that Esau his brother came in from his hunting

  • Genesis 27:31 - And he also had made savoury meat and brought it Let my father and said Let my father arise Let my father and eat venison of his son's may bless that thy soul

  • Genesis 27:33 - trembled And Isaac very exceedingly and said Who where is he that hath taken venison and brought it me and I have eaten and brought and have blessed and have blessed

  • Genesis 27:34 - heard And when Esau the words me even me also O my father he cried cry with a great bitter and exceeding and said me even me also O my father Bless me even me also O my father

  • Genesis 27:38 - said And Esau me even me also O my father blessing Hast thou but one me even me also O my father bless me even me also O my father lifted up And Esau his voice and wept

  • Genesis 27:41 - hated And Esau Jacob because of the blessing wherewith blessed him for my father said And Esau in his heart are at hand The days of mourning for my father then will I slay Jacob my brother

  • Genesis 28:1 - called And Isaac Jacob and blessed him and charged him and said unto him Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan

  • Deuteronomy 28:3 - Blessed shalt thou be in the city Blessed shalt thou be in the field

  • Genesis 28:3 - And God Almighty bless thee and make thee fruitful and multiply thee that thou mayest be a multitude of people

  • Deuteronomy 28:4 - Blessed and the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground and the fruit of thy cattle the increase of thy kine and the flocks of thy sheep

  • Deuteronomy 28:5 - Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store

  • Deuteronomy 28:6 - Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in Blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out

  • Genesis 28:6 - saw When Esau from thence and that as he blessed that Isaac Jacob and sent him away to Padanaram Thou shalt not take a wife from thence and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge saying Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan

  • Psalms 28:6 - Blessed be the LORD because he hath heard the voice of my supplications

  • Deuteronomy 28:8 - shall command The LORD the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses and in all that thou settest thine hand unto and he shall bless thee in the land The LORD thy God giveth

  • Psalms 28:9 - Save thy people and bless thine inheritance feed them also and lift them up for ever

  • Deuteronomy 28:12 - shall open The LORD treasure unto thee his good the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season and to bless all the work of thine hand and thou shalt lend nations unto many and thou shalt lend

  • Genesis 28:14 - And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth and thou shalt spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south be blessed shall all the families of the earth And thy seed

  • 1 Chronicles 29:10 - Blessed Wherefore David be thou LORD before all the congregation said Wherefore David Blessed be thou LORD God of Israel our father and ever for and ever

  • Psalms 29:11 - The LORD strength his people will give The LORD will bless his people with peace

  • Deuteronomy 29:19 - And it come to pass when he heareth the words of this curse that he bless himself in his heart saying I shall have peace though in the imagination of mine heart to add drunkenness to thirst

  • 1 Chronicles 29:20 - said And David And all the congregation Now bless the LORD God Now bless And all the congregation the LORD God of their fathers and bowed down their heads and worshipped the LORD and the king

  • Proverbs 30:11 - There is a generation their father that curseth their mother and doth not bless

  • Deuteronomy 30:16 - In that I command thee this day to love and the LORD thy God in his ways and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments that thou mayest live and multiply shall bless and the LORD thy God thee in the land whither thou goest to possess

  • Genesis 30:27 - said And Laban unto him I pray thee if I have found favour in thine eyes tarry for I have learned by experience hath blessed that the LORD me for thy sake

  • 2 Chronicles 30:27 - arose Then the priests the Levites and blessed the people was heard and their voice came and their prayer dwelling place up to his holy even unto heaven

  • Genesis 30:30 - For it was little which thou hadst before I came and it is now increased unto a multitude hath blessed and the LORD thee since my coming and now when shall I provide for mine own house

  • 2 Chronicles 31:8 - came And when Hezekiah and the princes and saw the heaps they blessed the LORD and his people Israel