בָּרִיא
bârîyʼ · H1277 · Hebrew · 14 occurrences
Meanings
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fat
State in which a human or animal has a lot of excess fat; considered a sign of health and wealth
ExamplesGenesis 41:2 And behold, from the Nile seven cows came up, fine-looking and fat; and they grazed in the marsh grass.
Genesis 41:4 Then the ugly and thin cows ate the seven fine-looking and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke.
Genesis 41:18 and behold, seven cows, fat and fine-looking came up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the marsh grass.
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plump, thick, fat
State in which an object is large in size, as if it were containing excess fat; considered a sign of health and wealth
ExamplesGenesis 41:5 But he fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good.
Genesis 41:7 And the thin ears swallowed the seven plump and full ears. Then Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.
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State in which food contains much fat; considered high quality (rich (food))
ExamplesHabakkuk 1:16 Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their net And burn incense to their fishing net, Because through these things their catch is large, And their food is plentiful.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- פָּרָהcow 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- זָבַחto sacrifice, to slaughter 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- אוּלbody 1
- מַאֲכָלfood 1
- מַרְאֶהappearance, sight, vision 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בָּשָׂרflesh 1
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
- שָׁמֵן shâmên · H8082 · fatling, fat, rich
- Both lexemes genuinely denote fatness or plumpness, whether of animals or persons, and overlap directly as near-synonyms in this sense.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Fat002001001028
- בָּרִיא describes physical fatness, as in Genesis 41:2's "fine-looking and fat" cows (בְּרִיאֹת), naming the well-fed, plump condition of the animals.
- Good002001001031
- The word also extends to describe general fineness or thriving condition, as in Genesis 41:5's "plump and good" ears of grain, using the fatness-image to convey a positive, flourishing quality.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1277. bari בָּרִיא adjective fat — Psa 73:4; Jdg 3:17; plural בְּרִיאִים 1Ki 5:3;…
בָּרִיא adjective fat — Psa 73:4; Jdg 3:17; plural בְּרִיאִים 1Ki 5:3; construct בְּרִיאֵי Dan 1:15; feminine בְּרִיאָה Hab 1:16 Hab 1:2t. + Eze 34:20 בִּרְיָה; Hi Ol§ 171 a בְּרִיָּה, < בריאה; plural בְּרִיאוֺת Gen 41:5 Gen 41:3t.; בְּרִיאֹת Gen 41:2, Gen 41:4; — fat, cattle בקר Gen 41:2, Gen 41:4, Gen 41:5, Gen 41:7, Gen 41:18, Gen 41:20 (E) 1Ki 5:3; sheep Eze 34:3, Eze 34:20; Zec 11:16; food Hab 1:16; ב ׳אישׁ fat man Jdg 3:17; בשׂר בריאי Dan 1:15; ׳ב אולם their body fat Psa 73:4.
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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