בְּרַךְ
bᵉrak · H1289 · Aramaic · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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to kneel down
Action by which humans fall on their knees, in order to show respect
ExamplesDaniel 6:10 Now when Daniel learned that the document was signed, he entered his house (and in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and offering praise before his God, just as he had been doing previously.
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to bless, to praise, to greet, to congratulate, to commend
Causative action by which deities grant a special favor to humans, objects, or events, or by which humans invoke a deity to do the same
ExamplesDaniel 2:19 Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven;
Daniel 2:20 Daniel said, “May the name of God be blessed forever and ever, For wisdom and power belong to Him.
Daniel 3:28 Nebuchadnezzar responded and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has sent His angel and rescued His servants who put their trust in Him, violating the king’s command, and surrendered their bodies rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- דָּנִיֵּאלDaniel 1
- הוּאare 1
- אֱלָהּGod, god 1
- Not stated: I 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ בֶּרֶךְknee 1
- לto/for+ אֱלָהּGod, god 1
- לto/for+ עִלַּיhigh 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָוָאto be 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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Contrasting words 2 words
- אָרַר ʼârar · H779 · to curse, to place a curse, to bring on a curse
- Standard Hebrew antonym for the blessing sense of בְּרַךְ; to curse is the lexical opposite of to bless, and these two verbs are frequently contrasted in biblical texts (e.g., blessing and cursing as polar opposites in covenantal contexts).
- קָלַל qâlal · H7043 · light, fast, swift
- Another Hebrew verb meaning to curse, functioning as a lexical antonym to the blessing sense of בְּרַךְ; often used in parallel opposition to blessing terminology.
In the other Testament 2 words
- εὐλογέω eulogéō · G2127 · to praise, to speak well of, to bless
- Standard Greek translation equivalent for the blessing sense of בְּרַךְ; used throughout LXX and NT to render Hebrew blessing terminology.
- γονυπετέω gonypetéō · G1120 · to kneel down, to kneel
- Greek equivalent for the kneeling sense of בְּרַךְ; compound verb specifically denoting the act of kneeling.
Semantic domains 4 entries
- Stance002001001061
- Daniel 6:10 recounts that Daniel “continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and offering praise before his God.”
- Bow002001001008
- The same verse, Daniel 6:10, describes Daniel as “kneeling on his knees,” the bowed physical posture itself, distinct from the general bodily stance it forms part of.
- Bless002003002003
- Daniel 2:19 recounts that “the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.”
- Revile002004001009012
- This Revile code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping with the Hebrew form (בָרַךְ (bârak, H1288)), which independently carries a euphemistic “curse” sense; none of this word's own occurrences in Daniel carry that sense, all of them meaning to bless or kneel.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
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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