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HebrewH1197Verb

בָּעַר

ba.ar

75Occurrences
H1197Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish

a primitive root; also as denominative from H1198 (בַּעַר)

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
burn/ignite 1) to burn, consume, kindle, be kindled 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to begin to burn, be kindled, start burning 1a2) to burn, be burning 1a3) to burn, consume 1a4) Jehovah's wrath, human wrath (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to kindle, burn 1b2) to consume, remove (of guilt) (fig.) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to kindle 1c2) to burn up 1c3) to consume (destroy) 1d) (Pual) to burn

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

בָּעַר appears 75 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
16
Deuteronomy
15
Jeremiah
11
2 Chronicles
4
Ezk
4
Psalms
4
1 Kings
3
2 Samuel
3

Key Passages

1 Kings 14:10BSB

Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam:I will cut off from Jeroboam every male,both slave and free,in Israel;I will burn up the house of Jeroboamas one burns up dung until it is gone!

Deuteronomy 21:9BSB

So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.

Ezk 1:13BSB

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Isaiah 42:25BSB

So He poured out on them His furious angerand the fierceness of battle.It enveloped them in flames,but they did not understand;it consumed them,but they did not take it to heart.

Jeremiah 36:22BSB

Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.