STRONGS NUMBER H1290

H1290. berek

בֶּ֫רֶךְ‎ noun feminine^{Isaiah 45:23} knee (Assyrian birku COT^Gloss; Ethiopic Aramaic בֶּרֶךְ‎ ) 45:23; dual בִּרְכַּיִם‎ Job 3:12 10t.; suffix בִּרְכַּי‎ etc. Genesis 30:3 11t.; — knee, knees: ברכים מים‎ water reaching to the knees Ezekiel 47:4; ברכי על וַתְּנִיעֵנִי‎ Daniel 10:10; הברכים על רע בשׁחין יַכְּכָה‎ Deuteronomy 28:35; ברכים על כרע‎ kneel on knees in worship 1 Kings 8:54; Ezra 9:5 compare Isaiah 45:23; 1 Kings 19:18; 2 Chronicles 6:13, in entreaty 2 Kings 1:13, to drink of a fountain Judges 7:5-6, ברכיו בין פניו שׂם‎ put his face between his knees in prayer 1 Kings 18:42; ברכים על‎ upon the knees, Genesis 30:3 (E; on ב עַל ׳תֵּלֵד‎ see Ploss^{Das Weib Aufi. 2. ii. 180 ff.} Sta^{ZAW 1886, 143 ff.}) 50:23 (E) Job 3:12; Judges 16:10; 2 Kings 4:20; Isaiah 66:12; ברכים מעם הוציא‎ Genesis 48:12 (E); knees as seat of strength, weak from terror Job 4:4; Isaiah 35:3; Ezekiel 7:17; 21:12; Nahum 2:11; or fasting Psalm 109:24.