בַּר
bar · H1251 · Aramaic · 8 occurrences
Meanings
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an open field
Uncultivated, uninhabited land where wild animals can live free
ExamplesDaniel 2:38 and wherever the sons of mankind live, or the animals of the field, or the birds of the sky, He has handed them over to you and has made you ruler over them all. You are the head of gold.
Daniel 4:12 ‘Its foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant, And in it was food for all. The animals of the field found shade under it, And the birds of the sky lived in its branches, And all living creatures fed from it.
Daniel 4:15 “Yet leave the stump with its roots in the ground, But with a band of iron and bronze around it In the new grass of the field; And let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, And let him share with the animals in the grass of the earth.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
6 occurrences in 1 groups
- חֵיוָאbeast 6
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- שָׂדֶה sâdeh · H7704 · countryside, bush, uninhabited land
- The primary and most common Hebrew word for 'field'; שָׂדֶה and בַּר are both terms for open field/country, though בַּר is rarer and may carry Aramaic influence.
Contrasting words 2 words
- עִיר ʻîyr · H5892 · town, district, citadel
- Standard lexical opposite contrasting open field/countryside (בַּר) with enclosed urban settlement (עִיר); this field/city opposition is well-attested in biblical Hebrew.
- בַּיִת bayith · H1004 · house, place
- Lexical opposite contrasting open field (בַּר) with enclosed structure/house (בַּיִת); the field/house opposition represents outdoor vs. indoor space.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἀγρός agrós · G68 · field, land, countryside
- Standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew בַּר (bar, H1251) meaning 'field' in the sense of open country or agricultural land.
Semantic domains 7 entries
- Relatives001001003012
- This Relatives code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping with a homonymous root spelled the same way (BDB's “bar,” meaning son); this word's own occurrences in Daniel are exclusively the recurring “animals of the field” phrase, never “son.”
- Stage002001001060
- This Stage code is likewise inherited from the homonymous “son” cluster member's age-idiom, which this word's own “field” occurrences never attest.
- Non-Contain002002001004
- This Non-Contain code is inherited from the broader shared lemma-cluster grouping's “empty” sense, not independently attested among this word's own “field” occurrences.
- Land001002002
- Daniel 4:12 recounts Nebuchadnezzar's dream, “the animals of the field found shade under it, and the birds of the sky lived in its branches.”
- Good002001001031
- This Good code is likewise inherited from the broader cluster's “flawless” sense, which this word's own occurrences do not show.
- Right002001003013
- This Right code is inherited from the same broader cluster's “pure; flawless” sense, not attested among this word's own “field” occurrences.
- Crops001003001003002
- This Crops code is inherited from the broader cluster's “grain” sense; none of this word's own occurrences (all the recurring “animals of the field” phrase) refer to grain.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1251. bar בַּר noun [masculine] open field; — emphatic בָּרָא, in ב ׳חֵיוַת (= Biblical…
בַּר noun [masculine] open field; — emphatic בָּרָא, in ב ׳חֵיוַת (= Biblical Hebrew הַשָּׂדֶה חַיִּת), Dan 2:38; Dan 4:9; Dan 4:18; Dan 4:20; Dan 4:22; Dan 4:29; ב דִּי ׳דִּתְאָא Dan 4:12; Dan 4:20.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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