Definition
a primitive root; (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
Traditional renderings: choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).
Traditional renderings: choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders בָּרָא:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
55 total
- Ezekiel 23:47וּבָרֵ֥א · downThe mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
- Ezekiel 28:13הִבָּרַאֲךָ֖ · of your creationYou were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.
- Ezekiel 28:15הִבָּֽרְאָ֑ךְ · you were createdFrom the day you were created you were blameless in your ways—until wickedness was found in you.
- Amos 4:13וּבֹרֵ֣א · who createsFor behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”
- Malachi 2:10בְּרָאָ֑נוּ · create usDo we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?