King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H1305
Transliteration: barar
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-rar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to purify, select
Meaning: to clarify, examine, select
Word Summary
barar: to purify, select
Original Word: בָּרַרTransliteration: barar
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-rar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to purify, select
Meaning: to clarify, examine, select
Strong's Concordance
make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse be clean, clearly, polished, purify, purge outA primitive root; to clarify (i.e. Brighten), examine, select -- make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse (be clean), clearly, polished, (shew self) pure(-ify), purge (out).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1305. barar
[בָּרַר] verb purify, select (compare Assyrian barâru, be shining, in derivatives ZimBP 46. 73 BelserBAS ii. 154; Arabic pious, kind, true; he was pious, good, virtuous, honest) —
Qal Perfect בָּרוֺתִי Ezekiel 20:38; Infinitive suffix לְבָרָם Ecclesiastes 3:18, Ges§ 67 R, 3; compare לָבוּר 9:1 (si vera lectio) as metaplastic form, but on text see בּוּר above; Participle passive masculine בָּרוּר Job 33:3-4t.; feminine בְּרוּרָה Nehemiah 5:18; Zephaniah 3:9; —
1 purge out, purify: הַמֹּרְדִים מִכֶּם וּבָרוֺתִי and I will purge out from among you the rebels Ezekiel 20:38; בְּרוּרָה שָׂפָה a purified lip Zephaniah 3:9; מִלֵּל֑וּ בָּרוּר utter in a pure, sincere manner Job 33:3.
2 choose, select, only Participle and in Chronicler: chosen, valiant men 1 Chronicles 7:40; porters 9:22; musicians 16:41; sheep Nehemiah 5:18.
3 cleanse, make shining, polish, passive participle בָּרוּר חֵץ polished arrow Isaiah 49:2 (compare De & Jeremiah 51:11 below)
4 test, prove Ecclesiastes 3:18 הָאֱלֹהִים לְבָרָם that God may prove them (RV); — on 9:1 see בּוּר.
Niph`al הִבָּרוּ Isaiah 52:11; Participle נָבָר 2 Samuel 22:27 (= Psalm 18:27); — purify oneself:
a. ceremonially, the bearers of the sacred vessels Isaiah 52:11.
b. morally 2 Samuel 22:27 = Psalm 18:27.
Pi`el Infinitive לְבָרֵר Daniel 11:35 purify ("" לַלְבֵּן לִצְרוֺף,).
Hiph`il 1. Infinitive לְהָבַר Jeremiah 4:11 purify, cleanse.
2 Imperative הַחִצִּים הָבֵרוּ Jeremiah 51:11 polish arrows (see 3 above).
Hithpa`el 1. Imperfect יִתְבָּרֲרוּ Daniel 12:10 purify oneself.
2 תִּתְבָּרַר Psalm 18:27 = תִּתָּבָר 2 Samuel 22:27 shew oneself pure, just, kind.