H1305 בָּרַר
bârar — to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select
KJV: make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse (be clean), clearly, polished, (shew self)…
Occurs 18 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [בָּרַר] vb. purify, select
- Qal
- 1 purge out, purify
- 2 choose, select, only Pt. and in Chronicler
- 3 cleanse, make shining, polish
- 4 test, prove
- Niph. purify oneself
- Pi. purify
- Hiph.
- 1 purify, cleanse
- 2 polish arrows
- Hithp.
- 1 purify oneself
- 2 shew oneself pure, just, kind
Where it occurs
- 2 Samuel 22:27 — With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
- Isaiah 49:2 — He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft…
- Isaiah 52:11 — Depart! Depart! Go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Go out from among her! Cleanse yourselves, you who carry the…
- Jeremiah 4:11 — At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind blows from the bare heights in the wilderness…
- Jeremiah 51:11 — “Make the arrows sharp! Hold the shields firmly! The LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because…
- Ezekiel 20:38 — I will purge out from among you the rebels and those who disobey me. I will bring them out of the land where they live…
- Zephaniah 3:9 — For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all call on the LORD’s name, to serve him shoulder to…
- Psalms 18:27 — With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
- Job 33:3 — My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.
- Ecclesiastes 3:18 — I said in my heart, “As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.