King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1293
Transliteration: berakah
Phonetic Spelling: (ber-aw-kaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a blessing
Meaning: benediction, prosperity
Word Summary
berakah: a blessing
Original Word: בְּרָכָהTransliteration: berakah
Phonetic Spelling: (ber-aw-kaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a blessing
Meaning: benediction, prosperity
Strong's Concordance
blessing, liberal, pool, present From barak; benediction; by implication prosperity -- blessing, liberal, pool, present.
see HEBREW barak
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1293. berakah
I. בְּרָכָה noun feminine blessing (Arabic ; Ethiopic Aramaic בִּרְכָּא ; Late Hebrew as Hebrew) — ׳ב Genesis 12:2 39t.; construct בִּרְכַּת 28:4 9t.; suffix בִּרְכָתוֺ 49:28 7t.; plural בְּרָכוֺת Psalm 21:7 4t.; construct בִּרְכֹת בִּרְכוֺת, Genesis 49:25 5t.; suffix בִּרְכוֺתֵיכֶם Malachi 2:2; —
1 blessing:
a. of parent Genesis 27:12, 41; 49:28 (JE), of Moses Deuteronomy 33:1.
b. of God Exodus 32:29 (E) Leviticus 25:21 (P) Deuteronomy 11:26-27, 29; 23:6 (= Nehemiah 13:2) Deuteronomy 28:2; 28:8; 30:1; 30:19; Joshua 8:34 (D) 2 Samuel 7:29; Psalm 3:9; Psalm 21:4; 133:3; Isaiah 44:3; Ezekiel 34:26; 44:30; Joel 2:14; Malachi 3:10; יהוה ברכת Genesis 39:5 (J) Deuteronomy 12:15; 16:17; 33:23; Psalm 129:8; Proverbs 10:22; י מאת ׳ברכה Psalm 24:5; אברהם ברכת Genesis 28:4 (P), the blessing given to Abraham.
c. of the people, in recognition of good men Psalm 109:17; Proverbs 10:6; 11:26; 24:25; 28:20.
d. of a poor man, in recognition of benefits Job 29:13.
2 source of blessing: Abraham Genesis 12:2 (J); Israel Isaiah 19:24; Ezekiel 34:26; Zechariah 8:13; seed of the righteous Psalm 37:26; the king 21:7; memory of the righteous Proverbs 10:7; new wine Isaiah 65:8.
3 blessing, prosperity: ישׁרים בברכת by the prosperity of the upright (the city is exalted) Proverbs 11:11; מורה יעטה ברכות גם yea, the early rain covereth with blessings Psalm 84:7 compare Genesis 49:25-26, ברכותיכם את וארותי and I will curse your prosperity Malachi 2:2.
4 blessing, praise of God Nehemiah 9:5.
5 a gift, present Genesis 33:11 (E) Joshua 15:19 (J) Judges 1:15; 1 Samuel 25:27; 30:26; 2 Kings 5:15; בְּרָכָה נֶפֶשׁ a liberal person Proverbs 11:25 (compare Syriac , Ethiopic ).
6 treaty of peace 2 Kings 18:31 = Isaiah 36:16.