בָּרָא bara
Hebrew word for “to create” · Strong’s H1254 · used 55 times in 47 verses
Meaning
1) to create, shape, form;
Senses in the lexicon
- to create (53)
- to fatten (2)
How it is translated
Glosses given for bara in context, with how often each is used:
- created 19
- about to create 4
- will cut down 3
- who created 3
- have been created 2
- will create 2
- did he create 2
- one who created 2
- has created 2
- who creates 2
- make 2
- had created 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 21 | 1.2 | |
| Genesis | 11 | 0.5 | |
| Psalms | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Ezekiel | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Joshua | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 |
Also in 2 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Isaiah 45 (4), Genesis 1 (3), Isaiah 43 (3), Genesis 2 (2), Genesis 5 (2), Joshua 17 (2), Psalms 89 (2), Isaiah 40 (2), Isaiah 65 (2), Ezekiel 21 (2)
Forms
- ברא 12
- בורא 8
- בראתי 4
- וברא 3
- ויברא 2
- נבראו 2
- בראה 2
- בראתיו 2
- ובורא 2
- הבראך 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with bara more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 9
- אָדָם adam “man” 9
- יָצַר yatsar “to form” 5
- אֲנִי ani “I” 8
- שֵׁם shem “name” 7
- נְקֵבָה neqevah “female” 3
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 6
- עַד ad “till” 6
- ךָּ ka “you” 5
- רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 4
- חָדַשׁ chadash “to renew” 2
- הַר har “mountain” 4
Key verses
The verses using bara that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- Psalms 51:10 — Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
- Ecclesiastes 12:1 — Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
- Isaiah 4:5 — And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by…
- Isaiah 40:28 — Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no…
- Isaiah 42:5 — Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth…
- Isaiah 43:1 — But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name;…
- Isaiah 43:7 — Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
- Isaiah 45:7 — I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
- Isaiah 57:19 — I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
- Ezekiel 28:13 — Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the…
- Malachi 2:10 — Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
See all 47 verses in the Word Atlas
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.