בְּרָכָה berakhah

Hebrew word for “blessing” · Strong’s H1293 · used 69 times in 64 verses

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Meaning

1) blessing; 2) (source of) blessing; 3) blessing, prosperity; 4) blessing, praise of God; 5) a gift, present; 6) treaty of peace

How it is translated

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

• blessing 55
• blessings 12
• ¿ does a blessing 1
• become a blessing 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 27 (5), Genesis 49 (3), Deuteronomy 11 (3), Proverbs 10 (3), Proverbs 11 (3), Deuteronomy 28 (2), Deuteronomy 30 (2), Deuteronomy 33 (2), Psalms 21 (2), Genesis 12 (1)

Forms

• ברכה 22
• ברכת 12
• הברכה 11
• ברכות 5
• לברכה 4
• ברכתי 3
• ברכתך 2
• כברכת 2
• כברכתו 1
• הברכות 1

Words used with it

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

• קְלָלָה qelalah “curse” 10
• בָּרַךְ barakh “to bless” 11
• אֵת et “with” 7
• מַי mayim “water” 6
• ךָּ ka “you” 6
• שֵׁם shem “name” 6
• כֶם khem “you” 5
• זֶרַע zera “seed” 4
• עִלִּי illi “upper” 2
• אָב av “father” 6
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 6
• שִׁית shit “to set” 3

Key verses

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

• Genesis 12:2 — And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
• Genesis 27:41 — And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then…
• Deuteronomy 30:19 — I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou…
• Deuteronomy 33:1 — And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
• 2 Kings 5:15 — And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the…
• Nehemiah 9:5 — Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and…
• Proverbs 10:7 — The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
• Proverbs 10:22 — The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
• Isaiah 44:3 — For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
• Zechariah 8:13 — And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing:…
• Malachi 2:2 — If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will…
• Malachi 3:10 — Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you…

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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.