Hebrew · Strong's H1254 · Verb
בָּרָא
ba·ra
to create
53times used
45verses
12books
How it's translated
- i created3
- he created2
- and he created2
- they have been created2
- who created2
- am about to create2
- are created you2
- he had created1
Definition
1) to create, shape, form
1a) (Qal) to shape, fashion, create (always with God as subject)
1a1) of heaven and earth
1a2) of individual man
1a3) of new conditions and circumstances
1a4) of transformations
1b) (Niphal) to be created
1b1) of heaven and earth
The forms it takes
Stem
Form
- Perfect (qatal) 44% a complete action, usually past
- Participle 25% one who is doing
- Infinitive 13% “to …”, or for emphasis
- Weqatal (“and he will”) 5% and then …: future or instructions
- Imperative 5% a command
- Wayyiqtol (“and he did”) 4% and then …: the storyteller’s past
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Between Hebrew and Greek
The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:
Where it appears
Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi
- Isaiah17
- Genesis8
- Psalms6
- Ezekiel5
- Joshua2
- Exodus1
- Numbers1
- Deuteronomy1
- Ecclesiastes1
- Jeremiah1
…and 2 more books.
Every verse
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