H1288 בָרַךְ
bârak — to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV: [idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless…
Occurs 330 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [בָּרַךְ] 329 vb. kneel, bless
- Qal
- 1 kneel down
- 2 bless
- Niph. bless oneself
- Pi.
- 1 bless God, adore with bended knees
- 2 God blesses
- 3 men bless men
- 4 salute, greet, with an invocation of blessing
- 5 bless, with the antithetical meaning curse from the greeting in departing, saying adieu to, taking leave of; but rather a blessing overdone and so really a curse as in vulgar English as well as in the Shemitic cognates
- Pu.
- 1 pass. to be blessed, adored
- 2 prospered by God
- 3 have prosperity invoked, by Balaam
- 4 in gratitude
- Hiph. and he made his camel kneel
- Hithp. bless oneself, congratulate oneself in his heart
Where it occurs
- Genesis 1:22 — God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the…
- Genesis 1:28 — God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish…
- Genesis 2:3 — God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.
- Genesis 5:2 — He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them Adam.
- Genesis 9:1 — God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.
- Genesis 9:26 — He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.
- Genesis 12:2 — I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
- Genesis 12:3 — I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the families of the earth will…
- Genesis 14:19 — He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.
- Genesis 14:20 — Blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave him a tenth of all.