בָּעַר baar

Hebrew word for “to burn” · Strong’s H1197 · used 94 times in 90 verses

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Meaning

: burn/ignite; 1) to burn, consume, kindle, be kindled;

Senses in the lexicon

• to burn: burn (65)
• to burn: purge (16)
• be brutish (9)
• to burn: destroy (4)

How it is translated

Glosses given for baar in context, with how often each is used:

• burning 15
• will remove 12
• burned 11
• will burn 8
• will kindle 4
• burn 3
• have removed 3
• stupid 3
• kindled 2
• will sweep away 2
• will it burn? 2
• which it burns 2

Where it is used

Also in 8 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 22 (3), Jeremiah 10 (3), Exodus 3 (2), Exodus 22 (2), Numbers 11 (2), Deuteronomy 17 (2), Deuteronomy 19 (2), Deuteronomy 21 (2), Deuteronomy 26 (2), Judges 15 (2)

Forms

• בער 11
• ובערת 10
• בערה 6
• לבער 6
• תבער 6
• יבער 5
• ותבער 5
• ויבער 4
• בערו 4
• ובערה 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with baar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 37
• רַע ra “bad” 13
• קֶרֶב qerev “entrails” 10
• לֶהָבָה lehavah “flame” 6
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 12
• כָּבָה kavah “to quench” 6
• אַף aph “face” 9
• מִן־ min “from” 12
• חֵמָה chemah “rage” 7
• מוּת mut “to die” 10
• עֵץ ets “tree” 7
• לָהַט lahat “to kindle” 4

Key verses

The verses using baar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Numbers 11:1 — And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and…
• Psalms 2:12 — Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
• Isaiah 5:5 — And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof,…
• Isaiah 19:11 — Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the…
• Isaiah 30:33 — For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the…
• Isaiah 43:2 — When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt…
• Jeremiah 4:4 — Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire,…
• Jeremiah 7:20 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the…
• Jeremiah 10:8 — But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
• Jeremiah 10:14 — Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
• Jeremiah 21:12 — O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out…
• Malachi 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.