Strong's Lexicon

H1197

H1197 — בָּעַר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewba`arverbOccurrences: 95TWOT: 263

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1197
Word:בָּעַר
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:95
Transliteration:ba`ar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:baw-ar'
Meaning:1. to kindle 2. to consume (by fire or by eating) 3. (also, as denominative from H1198) to be(-come) brutish
KJV Renderings:be brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste.

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BDB1237

I. [בָּעַר] verb burn, consume ( ᵑ7 בְּעַר burn; [untranscribed source text 654] seek out, collect, glean; this apparently earlier meaning) —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular בָּֽעֲרָה Num 11:3 + 2 t., וּבָֽעֲרָה consecutive Isa 10:17 + 3 t., בָּֽעֲרוּ Judg 15:14 + 2 t. + 2Sam 22:13 (but compare De on Ps 18), וּבָֽעֲרוּ consecutive Isa 1:31 Imperfect יִבְעַר Exod 3:3; Ps 2:12, etc.; Participle בֹּעֵר Exod 3:2 + 6 t., בֹּעֵרָ֑ה Isa 34:9, בּוֺעֵ֫רָה Hos 7:4, בֹּעֲרָ֫ה Isa 30:33, בֹּעֶ֫רֶת Jer 20:9, בֹּעֲרוֺת Ezek 1:13 — burn,
1. (intransitive) specifically begin to burn, be kindled Ps 18:8 followed by מִן (subject גֶּחָלִים) = 2Sam 22:9 (in 2Sam 22:13 textual error compare above), Ps 106:18 (subject אֵשׁ); figurative Ps 2:12 (subject אַפּוֺ) compare Jer 44:6 (subject חֵמָה ); Isa 30:33 (with בְּ, subject ׳ נִשְׁמַת י), Ps 39:4 (subject אֵשׁ figurative of grief, distress) compare Jer 20:9.
2. be burning, burn, Judg 15:14 (subject פִּשְׁתִּים, with בָּאֵשׁ ), Exod 3:2 ( הסנה, with בָּאֵשׁ), Exod 3:3 (subject id.); Deut 4:11; Deut 5:20; Deut 9:15 (all subject הר, with בָּאֵשׁ), compare Isa 34:9 (זֶפֶת בערה), figurative of destruction Isa 1:31 (subject חָסֹן & פֹּעֲלוֺ); of torch לַפִּיד Isa 62:1 of oven תַּנּוּר Hos 7:4; Hos 7:6 (i.e. heated by fire within it).
3. transitive burn, consume (subject אשׁ, להבה etc., followed by בְּ) Num 11:1; Num 11:3 (׳ אשׁ י), Job 1:16 (אשׁ אלהים); in smile Ezek 1:33 ( ׳ גחלי אשׁ י), Ps 83:15 (only here transitive with accusative; should תבער be pointed as Pi`el ?); figurative (subject wrath of ׳ י) Isa 42:25 compare Lam 2:5 (subject fire = fiery trial) Isa 43:2.
4. active but absolute, figurativea, subject wrath of ׳ י Jer 4:4; Jer 7:20; Jer 21:12; Ps 89:47 compare Isa 10:17; Ps 79:5; Isa 30:27 ( ֗֗֗ בֹּעֵר אַפּוֺ ׳ שֵׁם י) Mal 3:19 (היום בא); of human anger Esth 1:12 subject wickedness Isa 9:17.
Pi`el Perfect בִּעֵר 1Kgs 22:47 ; 2Kgs 23:24, וּבִעֵר consecutive Lev 6:5, בִּעַ֫רְתָּ 2Chr 19:3, וּבִַ ערְתָּ֫ Deut 13:6 + 9 t. in Deuteronomy; וּבִעֲרוּ consecutive Ezek 39:9 (twice in verse) (9:a strike out Co after Vrss ), etc.; Imperfect יְבַעֵר 1Kgs 14:10 2 masculine singular תְּבַעֵר Deut 21:9, יְבַעֲרוּ Ezek 39:10 2 masculine plural תְּבַעֲרוּ Exod 35:3, וּנְבַעֲרָ֫ה subordinate Judg 20:13 Participle מְבַעֲרִים Jer 7:18 —
1. kindle, literal with accusative אשׁ Exod 35:3; Jer 7:18 compare Ezek 39:9 (see above) Ezek 39:10 figurative of ׳ י sending destruction Ezek 21:4 compare of human schemes Isa 50:11 light, object lamps in temple 2Chr 4:20 compare 2Chr 13:11.
2. burn, literal with accusative עֵצִים Lev 6:5, גָּלָל dung 1Kgs 14:10 absolute Isa 44:15 compare Isa 40:16; Neh 10:35.
3. figurative consume, utterly remove, particular of evil and guilt, with accusative, especially in Deuteronomic phrase ובערת הרע מקרבך (מישׂראלׅ Deut 13:6; Deut 17:7; Deut 17:12 ; Deut 19:13; Deut 19:19; Deut 21:21 compare Deut 21:9; Deut 22:21; Deut 22:22 ; Deut 22:24; Deut 24:7, see also Judg 20:13 further, 1Kgs 22:47; 2Kgs 23:24; 2Chr 19:3 also of devoted (tabooed) things Deut 26:13; Deut 26:14 of persons (exterminate) 2Sam 4:11 followed by אחרי pregnantly 1Kgs 14:10; 1Kgs 21:21 = devour, devastate, greedily enjoy the fruits of, Isa 3:14 absolute היה לְבָעֵר be for destruction, be destroyed Num 24:22 ; Isa 5:5 ; Isa 6:13 compare רוּחַ בָּעֵר Isa 4:4.
Pu`al Participle מְבֹעָ֑רֶת Jer 36:22 — burn (i.e. be supplied with fire), of fire-jar, הָאָח .
Hiph`il Perfect וְהִבְעַרְתִּ֫י Nah 2:14 Imperfect וַיַּבְעֵר Judg 15:5 ; 2Chr 28:3, וַיַּבְעֶרֿ Judg 15:5 תַּבְעִיר Ezek 5:2 Participle מַבְעִיר 1Kgs 16:3, מַבְעִר Exod 22:5 —
1. kindle (with accusative of cognate meaning with verb) Exod 22:5, compare Judg 15:5 אשׁ בלפידים ׳ ויב caused fire to burn among the brands.
2. burn up, with accusative Judg 15:5; 2Chr 28:3 (sacrifice of children בָּאֵשׁ) Ezek 5:2 (בָּאוּר but compare Co ) Nah 2:14 (בעשׁן).
3. consume = destroy (compare Pi`el) 1Kgs 16:3 (followed by אַחֲרֵי).


BDB1241

II. [בָּעַר] verb denominative be brutish —

Qal Imperfect יִבְעֲרוּ Jer 10:8 (|| יכסלו) be stupid, dull-hearted, unreceptive; compare Participle plural בֹּעֲרִים Ps 94:8 (|| כסילים); of inhuman, cruel, barbarous men Ezek 21:36.
Niph`al Perfect נִבְעַר Jer 10:14; Jer 51:17, נִבְעֲרוּ Jer 10:21 Participle נִבְעָרָ֑ה Isa 19:11 — brutish, stupid Isa 19:11 (עצה, || אויל); dull-hearted, ignorant of God Jer 10:14; Jer 10:21; Jer 51:17.
Jer 10:14 = Jer 51:17 rather stupefied (by spectacle Jer 10:13 = Jer 51:16).
Pi`el Perfect וּבִעֵר consecutive Exod 22:4 feed, graze (בשׂדה אחר).
Hiph`il Imperfect יַבְעֶרֿ Exod 22:4 cause to be grazed over, followed by שׂדה.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בער (buh-gar’)

Numbers 11:8

KJV: And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
EHCC: the Lord burnt among them.

Judges 15:14

KJV: And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.loosed: Heb. were melted
EHCC: as flax that was burnt |

2 Samuel 22:9

KJV: There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.out of his nostrils: Heb. by, etc
EHCC: coals were kindled by it.

Esther 1:12

KJV: But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.by his…: Heb. which was by the hand of his eunuchs
EHCC: his anger burned in him, |

Psalms 18:8

KJV: There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.out of his nostrils: Heb. by his, etc
EHCC: (9). coals were kindled by it.

Isaiah 1:31

KJV: And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.maker…: or, and his work
EHCC: and they shall both bura

Isaiah 9:18

KJV: For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
EHCC: (17). For wickedness burneth as the fire: |

Isaiah 10:17

KJV: And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
EHCC: and it shall bura and devour

Jeremiah 4:4

KJV: Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
EHCC: and bura that none can quench

Jeremiah 7:20

KJV: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
EHCC: and it shall burn, and shall not

Jeremiah 21:12

KJV: O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.Execute: Heb. Judge
EHCC: and burn that none can quench

Job 1:16

KJV: While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.The fire…: or, A great fire
EHCC: and hath burned up the sheep,

Psalms 2:12

KJV: Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
EHCC: when his wrath is kindled

Psalms 89:3

KJV: I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
EHCC: (4). while I was musing the fire buraed.

Psalms 79:5

KJV: How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
EHCC: shall ihy jealous burn like fire?

Psalms 83:14

KJV: As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
EHCC: (15). As the fire buraeth a wood,

Psalms 89:46

KJV: How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
EHCC: (47). shall thy wrath burn like fire?

Psalms 106:18

KJV: And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
EHCC: And a fire was kindled

Isaiah 42:25

KJV: Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
EHCC: and it burned him,

Jeremiah 10:8

KJV: But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.altogether: Heb. in one, or, at once
EHCC: But they are altogether brutish

Jeremiah 44:6

KJV: Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.
EHCC: and toas Aindled in the cities

Lamentations 2:3

KJV: He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
EHCC: and he burned against Jacob

Exodus 3:2

KJV: And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
EHCC: the bush burned with fire,

Deuteronomy 4:11

KJV: And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.midst: Heb. heart
EHCC: the mountain burned with fire \

Deuteronomy 5:23

KJV: And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
EHCC: (20).the mountain did burn with fre,

Deuteronomy 9:15

KJV: So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
EHCC: the mount burned with fire:

Psalms 94:8

KJV: Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
EHCC: ye brutish among. the people:

Isaiah 30:27

KJV: Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:burden…: or, grievousness of flameheavy: Heb. heaviness
EHCC: burning (with) his anger,

Isaiah 34:9

KJV: And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
EHCC: shall become burning pitch.

Jeremiah 20:9

KJV: Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
EHCC: was in mine heart as a durning fire

Ezekiel 1:13

KJV: As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
EHCC: like burning coals of fire,

Ezekiel 21:31

KJV: And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.brutish: or, burning
EHCC: (36). into the hand of brutish men, (mary.

Hosea 7:4

KJV: They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.who…: or, the raiser will ceaseraising: or, waking
EHCC: as an oven heated by the baker, . |

Jeremiah 10:14

KJV: Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.brutish in his knowledge: or, more brutish than to know
EHCC: Every man 4 brutish

Jeremiah 51:17

KJV: Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.is brutish…: or, is more brutish than to know
EHCC: Every man is brutish

Exodus 22:5

KJV: If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
EHCC: (4). and shall feed in another man’s field ;

Leviticus 6:1

KJV: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
EHCC: nerd the priest shall burn wood

Leviticus 17:7

KJV: And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
EHCC: So thou shalt put the evil cway

Leviticus 19:684

EHCC: thou shalf put away the evil

Leviticus 19:18

KJV: Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.
EHCC: buf thou shalé put away (the guilt)

Leviticus 19:20

KJV: And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.betrothed…: or, abused by any: Heb. reproached by (or, for) manshe shall…: or, they, etc: Heb. there shall be a scourging
EHCC: shalt thou “pel the evil away

Leviticus 21:91

EHCC: & 92:91, so shalf thou put evil away

Leviticus 22:2

KJV: Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the Lord.
EHCC: 90 shalt thox put away evil

Leviticus 94:7

EHCC: aad thow shalt put evil crvay from

Leviticus 6:13

KJV: The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
EHCC: 1 have brought away the hallowed

Leviticus 21:21

KJV: No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
EHCC: and will take bese thy posterity,

2 Kings 93:24

EHCC: did Josiah put away,

2 Chronicles 19:3

KJV: Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
EHCC: in that thou hast taken away

2 Chronicles 50:11

EHCC: the (that) yc have kindled.

2 Chronicles 4:20

KJV: Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
EHCC: that they should burn after the manner

2 Chronicles 13:11

KJV: And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God; but ye have forsaken him.
EHCC: to bern every evening:

Nehemiah 10:34

KJV: And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law:
EHCC: (35). to Burm upon the altar

Leviticus 4:4

KJV: And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock’s head, and kill the bullock before the Lord.
EHCC: the spirit of burning.

Leviticus 5:5

KJV: And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:
EHCC: and it shall be eaten up;

Leviticus 6:13

KJV: The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
EHCC: and shall be eaten:

Leviticus 4:16

KJV: And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock’s blood to the tabernacle of the congregation:
EHCC: Lebanon (is) not sufficient to burn,

Leviticus 44:15

EHCC: shall it be for a man fo burn:

1 Kings 14:10

KJV: Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
EHCC: 38 a man taketh away dung, till it be

Jeremiah 6:22

KJV: Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
EHCC: 0n the hearth burning before him.

Nahum 2:13

KJV: Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
EHCC: (14), and J will burn her chariots

Exodus 29:5

KJV: And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:
EHCC: (4). shall cause a field or vineyard fo be eaten,

2 Chronicles 28:3

KJV: Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.burnt…: or, offered sacrifice
EHCC: and burat his children in the fire,

Exodus 29:6

KJV: And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.
EHCC: (5).he that kindled the fire

1 Kings 16:3

KJV: Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
EHCC: 1 wild take away the posterity
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