Strong H1293בְּרָכָה

blessing

Transliteration
berâkâh
Pronunciation
ber-aw-kaw'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From H1288; benediction; by implication prosperity: - {blessing} {liberal} {pool} present.

Detailed definition

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

In the Bible

Strong H1293 appears in 64 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • blessing52
  • bless4
  • present3
  • blessings1
  • cause1
  • liberal1
  • pool1
  • pray1

First verses

  1. 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:
  2. Genesis 27:12
    My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
  3. Genesis 27:35
    And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
  4. Genesis 27:36
    And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
  5. Genesis 27:38
    And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
  6. 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 will I slay my brother Jacob.
  7. Genesis 28:4
    And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
  8. Genesis 33:11
    Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
  9. Genesis 39:5
    And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
  10. Genesis 49:25
    Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
  11. Genesis 49:26
    The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
  12. Genesis 49:28
    All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
  13. Exodus 32:29
    For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
  14. Leviticus 25:21
    Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
  15. Deuteronomy 11:26
    Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
  16. Deuteronomy 11:27
    A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day:
  17. Deuteronomy 11:29
    And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.
  18. Deuteronomy 12:15
    Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
  19. Deuteronomy 16:17
    Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.
  20. Deuteronomy 23:5
    Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.
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