1254a – בָּרָא (bara)

to create

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Hebrew:	בָּרָא (bara)
Pronunciation:	ba-ra    Listen
Gematria:	203(2 + 200 + 1)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	a primitive root
Usage:	48 times in OT

Description

1) to create, shape, form
1a) (Qal) to shape, fashion, create (always with God as subject)
1a1) of heaven and earth
1a2) of individual man
1a3) of new conditions and circumstances
1a4) of transformations
1b) (Niphal) to be created
1b1) of heaven and earth
1b2) of birth
1b3) of something new
1b4) of miracles
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to cut down
1c2) to cut out

Synonyms

בָּרָא	bara		H1254a	(48 ggr)	to create
בָּנָה	banah		H1129	(375 ggr)	to build
יָצַר	jatsar		H3335	(62 ggr)	to form
עָצַב	atsav		H6087b	(2 ggr)	to shape
עָשָׂה	asah		H6213a	(2626 ggr)	to make
פָּעַל	paal		H6466	(57 ggr)	to work

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Word root

Word with bara as root:

בֵּית בִּרְאִי	Bejt biri	H1011	Bejth-biri
בְּרָאיָה	Berajah	H1256	Beraiah
בָּרִיא	bari	H1277	fat
בְּרִיאָה	berijah	H1278	creation

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word bara was translated to the following:

ἄρχω	archo	G0757	rule over
γέννημα	gennema	G1081	fruit, offspring, progeny, produce
γίνομαι	ginomai	G1096	be
δεικνύω	deiknuo	G1166	show
διατάσσω	diatasso	G1299	command
ἐκκαθαίρω	ekkathairo	G1571	purge out
ἐνευλογέω	eneulogeo	G1757	bless
ἑτοιμάζω	hetoimazo	G2090	prepare
κατασκευάζω	kataskeuazo	G2680	prepare
κτίζω	ktizo	G2936	create
ποιέω	poieo	G4160	do

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