Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to eat
Usage: 1) to eat, consume 1a) (Qal) to eat 1b) (Piel) for eating, devouring 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to eat
Strong's Number
H1262
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
7
Books
3
Strong's H1262 Quick Answer
Strong's H1262 בָּרָה (barah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. barah (baw-raw') v. 1. to select 2. (as denominative from H1250) to feed It has 7 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include eat, choose, and cause. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- barah (baw-raw') v. 1. to select 2. (as denominative from H1250) to feed
- Usage
- 7 linked usages
- Books
- 3 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- eat, choose, and cause
Meaning and Definition
barah (baw-raw') v. 1. to select 2. (as denominative from H1250) to feed 3. (as equivalent to H1305) to render clear (Eccl. 3 [a primitive root] KJV: choose, (cause to) eat, manifest, (give) meat. See also: H1250, H1305
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1262. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H1262 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render barah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
How Strong's H1262 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 7 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H1262 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H1262 in the Old Testament
7 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
Usage Excerpts
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1262.
And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1262, grouped by book.
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 5 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Strong's H1262 FAQ
What does barah (בָּרָה) mean?
Barah (Strong's H1262) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "choose". barah (baw-raw') v. 1. to select 2. (as denominative from H1250) to feed
How many times is barah (בָּרָה) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's H1262 across 3 books.
Where can I study barah (בָּרָה) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1262 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate barah (בָּרָה)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as eat, choose, and cause. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.