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בָּרָא
bârâʼ · Hebrew · Strong's H1254 · 54 occurrences
The KJV renders 43 different Hebrew and Greek words as “make”
What it means
(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
choose, create, cut down, dispatch, make
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“make”
also renders kataskeuázō (G2680), procheirízomai (G4400), poiéō (G4160), synistáō (G4921), títhēmi (G5087), dídōmi (G1325), speúdō (G4692), synteléō (G4931), diatíthemai (G1303), perisseúō (G4052), kathístēmi (G2525), gennáō (G1080), ktízō (G2936), symbállō (G4820), ʼârak (H748), bûwsh (H954), bᵉnâʼ (H1124), bᵉʻâʼ (H1156), gâdal (H1431), hâlal (H1984), hâphak (H2015), hârag (H2026), chûwl (H2342), yâdaʻ (H3045), yâçaph (H3254), nâthan (H5414), ʻăbad (H5648), ʻâmaq (H6009), ʻâtsab (H6087), ʻâsâh (H6213), ʻâshar (H6238), pâlaç (H6424), pâʻal (H6466), pâqad (H6485), pᵉshar (H6590), qûwm (H6966), qâlal (H7043), râbâh (H7235), râphad (H7502), râqach (H7543), sûwm (H7761), shîyth (H7896)
“choose”
also renders hairéomai (G138), procheirízomai (G4400), cheirotonéō (G5500), epilégomai (G1951), hairetízō (G140), eklégomai (G1586), bâchîyr (H972), bâchar (H977)
“cut down”
also renders kóptō (G2875), gâzar (H1504), châṭab (H2404), kâchad (H3582), kâçach (H3683), nâqaph (H5362), tâzaz (H8456)
“create”
also renders ktízō (G2936)
Answers that weigh this word
- Does Colossians 2:16 abolish the Sabbath?
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Are head coverings commanded in worship?
- Is the Christian Sabbath Saturday or Sunday?
- Do believers spend eternity in heaven, or on a renewed earth?
Where it appears
54 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 46 verses shown.
1 Samuel 2:29 · HR/Vhc/Sp2mp
Why do you kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?’
Amos 4:13 · HC/Vqrmsa
For, behold, he who forms the mountains, creates the wind, declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the earth: Yahweh, the God of Armies, is his name.”
Deuteronomy 4:32 · HVqp3ms
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been anything as great as this thing is, or has been heard like it?
Ecclesiastes 12:1 · HVqrmpc/Sp2ms
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”
Exodus 34:10 · HVNp3cp
He said, “Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been worked in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of Yahweh; for it is an awesome thing that I do with you.
Ezekiel 21:19 · HVpa
“Also, you son of man, appoint two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come. They both will come out of one land, and mark out a place. Mark it out at the head of the way to the city.
Ezekiel 21:30 HVNp2fsEzekiel 23:47 HC/VpaEzekiel 28:13 HVNc/Sp2msEzekiel 28:15 HVNc/Sp2fsGenesis 1:1 HVqp3msGenesis 1:21 HC/Vqw3msGenesis 1:27 HC/Vqw3msGenesis 2:3 HVqp3msGenesis 2:4 HR/VNc/Sp3mpGenesis 5:1 HVqcGenesis 5:2 HVNc/Sp3mpGenesis 6:7 HVqp1csIsaiah 4:5 HC/Vqq3msIsaiah 40:26 HVqp3msIsaiah 40:28 HVqrmsaIsaiah 41:20 HVqp3ms/Sp3fsIsaiah 42:5 HVqrmscIsaiah 43:1 HVqrmsc/Sp2msIsaiah 43:7 HVqp1cs/Sp3msIsaiah 43:15 HVqrmscIsaiah 45:7 HC/VqrmsaIsaiah 45:8 HVqp1cs/Sp3msIsaiah 45:12 HVqp1csIsaiah 45:18 HVqp3ms/Sp3fsIsaiah 48:7 HVNp3cpIsaiah 54:16 HVqp1csIsaiah 57:19 HVqrmsaIsaiah 65:17 HVqrmsaIsaiah 65:18 HVqrmsaJeremiah 31:22 HVqp3msJoshua 17:15 HC/Vpq2msJoshua 17:18 HC/Vpq2ms/Sp3msMalachi 2:10 HVqp3ms/Sp1cpNumbers 16:30 HVqi3msPsalm 51:10 HVqv2msPsalm 89:12 HVqp2ms/Sp3mpPsalm 89:47 HVqp2msPsalm 102:18 HVNrmsaPsalm 104:30 HVNi3mp/SnPsalm 148:5 HC/VNp3cp
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.