Strong's Lexicon: H1248 בַּר | AI Bible Commentary

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1248
Word:	בַּר
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	borrowed (as a title) from H1247
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	4
Transliteration:	bar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	bar
Meaning:	1. the heir (apparent to the throne)
KJV Renderings:	son.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1298

I. בַּר noun masculine son (Aramaic בַּר, Syriac [untranscribed source text 687]) only in late Hebrew of Prov 31:2 (twice in verse) (both construct), Prov 31:2 suffix בְּרִי; נשׁקו בר Ps 2:12 kiss the son, ᵑ6 Modern Vrss Ges De Pe et al.; receive instruction ᵑ7 ; δράξασθε παιδείας ᵐ5 ; apprehendite disciplinam ᵑ9 Ew; kiss purely, do sincere homage Aq Symm Jerome Br^{MP 136}; emendation Lag נַשְּׁקוּ מוֺסֵרוֺ (מוֺסָרוֺׅ put on his bonds (compare Ps 2:3) so Kmp Che^{OP 351}.

BDB9386

I. בַּר noun masculine son ( ᵑ7 id.; Syriac [untranscribed source text 5947], Mandean ברא Nö^{M § 148}, Old Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene בר (and בן) Lzb^{242 f.}; Sabean בר according to Mordtm^{VOJ x. 154 f.}; = בֵּן, = becoming ר, Philippi^{ZMG xxxii (1878), 36 ff.} Brock^{Syr. Gr. § 76} and others; √ different from בן according to JHMich Thes K^{§ 63} and others; Biblical Hebrew בַּר Aramaism for בֵּן); — construct ׳ ב Dan 3:25 +; suffix בְּרֵהּ Dan 5:22 plural construct בְּנֵי Ezra 6:9 +; suffix בְּנ֫וֺהִי Ezra 6:10; Ezra 7:23, בְּנֵיהוֺן Dan 6:25 —

1. son(s) Ezra 5:1; Ezra 5:2 (twice in verse); Ezra 6:14 ; Dan 5:22 ; Dan 6:25 ; Ezra 6:10 ; Ezra 7:23 בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Ezra 6:16 = Israelites, בְּנֵי גָלוּתָא = captives Ezra 6:16; Dan 2:25; Dan 5:13; Dan 6:14 בַּראֱֿנָשׁ Dan 7:13 i.e. one of human kind, בְּנֵי אֲנָשָׁא men Dan 2:38; Dan 5:21 בַּראֱֿלָהִין Dan 3:25 a divine (or angelic) being (see Dr , and compare Biblical Hebrew Gen 6:2; Job 1:6); ׳ בַּר שְׁנִין וגו Job 6:1 a son of 62 years = 62 years old (Biblical Hebrew בֵּן 9).

2. of bullocks, בְּנֵי תוֺרִין Ezra 6:9.

II. בַּר see ברר .

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אברון (dvad-dohn’)

Job 26:6

KJV: Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

EHCC: and destruction hath no covering.

Job 28:22

KJV: Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

EHCC: Destruction and death say, We bave heard

Job 31:12

KJV: For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

EHCC: it(is)s fire (that ) consumeth to destruction,

Psalms 98:11

EHCC: (12).(or) thy faithfulness in destruction?

Proverbs 15:11

KJV: Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

EHCC: Hell and destruction (are) before the Lord:

Strong's Lexicon

H1248 — בַּר