בָּרַר barar

Hebrew word for “to purify” · Strong’s H1305 · used 18 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

1) to purify, select, polish, choose, purge, cleanse or make bright, test or prove;

How it is translated

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

• one who purifies himself 2
• show yourself pure 2
• chosen 2
• purified 2
• who had been chosen 1
• those who had been chosen 1
• test 1
• polished 1
• purify yourselves 1
• cleanse 1
• sharpen 1
• will purge 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Samuel 22 (1), 1 Chronicles 7 (1), 1 Chronicles 9 (1), 1 Chronicles 16 (1), Nehemiah 5 (1), Job 33 (1), Psalms 18 (1), Ecclesiastes 3 (1), Isaiah 49 (1), Isaiah 52 (1)

Forms

• נבר 2
• הברורים 2
• ברור 2
• הברו 2
• תתבר 1
• ברורים 1
• בררות 1
• תתברר 1
• לברם 1
• להבר 1

Words used with it

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

• פָּתַל patal “to twist” 2
• לָבֵן laven “to whiten” 2
• עִקֵּשׁ iqqesh “twisted” 2
• יָחַשׂ yachas “to enroll” 2
• צָרַף tsaraph “to refine” 2
• עִם im “with” 4
• חֵץ chets “arrow” 2
• שָׂכַל sakhal “be prudent” 2
• שָׂפָה saphah “lips” 2
• שֵׁשׁ shesh “six” 2
• עֵת et “time” 2
• רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 2

Key verses

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

• 1 Chronicles 9:22 — All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and…
• 1 Chronicles 16:41 — And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
• Job 33:3 — My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
• Ecclesiastes 3:18 — I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
• Isaiah 49:2 — And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
• Isaiah 52:11 — Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
• Jeremiah 4:11 — At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan,…
• Jeremiah 51:11 — Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it;…
• Ezekiel 20:38 — And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they…
• Daniel 11:35 — And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time…
• Daniel 12:10 — Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
• Zephaniah 3:9 — For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

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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.