Barar means “make bright” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1305 — diatrophe (“food”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1305 בָּרַר (barar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. barar (baw-rar') v. 1. to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select [a primitive root] It has 16 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include choice, chosen, make, clearly, and clean. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
barar (baw-rar') v. 1. to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select [a primitive root] KJV: make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse (be clean), clearly, polished, (shew self) pure(-ify), purge (out).
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1305. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to purify
Usage: 1) to purify, select, polish, choose, purge, cleanse or make bright, test or prove 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to purge, purge out, purify 1a2) to choose, select 1a3) to cleanse, make shining, polish 1a4) to test, prove 1b) (Niphal) to purify oneself 1c) (Piel) to purify 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to purify 1d2) to polish arrows 1e) (Hithpael) 1e1) to purify oneself 1e2) to show oneself pure, just, kind
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render barar, 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.
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.
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16 indexed usages in Old Testament.
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.
All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
First 16 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1305.
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.
All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1305, grouped by book.
Barar (Strong's H1305) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "make bright". barar (baw-rar') v. 1. to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 16 linked usages for Strong's H1305 across 11 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1305 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as choice, chosen, make, clearly, clean, and cleanse. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.