Strong's Lexicon

H1290

H1290 — בֶּרֶך

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

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Hebrewbereknoun femOccurrences: 26TWOT: 285a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1290
Word:בֶּרֶך
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H1288
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:26
Transliteration:berek
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:beh'-rek
Meaning:1. a knee
KJV Renderings:knee.

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בֶּ֫רֶךְ noun feminine Isa 45:23 knee (Assyrian birku COTGloss; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 704] Aramaic בֶּרֶךְ [untranscribed source text 705]) Isa 45:23 dual בִּרְכַּיִם Job 3:12 + 10 t.; suffix בִּרְכַּי etc. Gen 30:3 + 11 t.; — knee, knees: מים ברכים water reaching to the knees Ezek 47:4 וַתְּנִיעֵנִי על ברכי Dan 10:10 יַכְּכָה בשׁחין רע על הברכים Deut 28:35 כרע על ברכים kneel on knees in worship 1Kgs 8:54; Ezra 9:5 compare Isa 45:23; 1Kgs 19:18; 2Chr 6:13, in entreaty 2Kgs 1:13, to drink of a fountain Judg 7:5; Judg 7:6 שׂם פניו בין ברכיו put his face between his knees in prayer 1Kgs 18:42 על ברכים upon the knees, Gen 30:3 ( E ; on ׳ תֵּלֵד עַל ב see PlossDas Weib Aufi. 2. ii. 180 ff. StaZAW 1886, 143 ff.) Gen 50:23 ( E ) Job 3:12 ; Judg 16:10 ; 2Kgs 4:20 ; Isa 66:12 הוציא מעם ברכים Gen 48:12 ( E ); knees as seat of strength, weak from terror Job 4:4; Isa 35:3; Ezek 7:17; Ezek 21:12; Nah 2:11 or fasting Ps 109:24.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ברך (beh’-rech)

Genesis 30:3

KJV: And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.have…: Heb. be built by her
EHCC: סם5. shall bear upon my knees,

Genesis 48:19

KJV: And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.multitude: Heb. fulness
EHCC: out from between hir ול "

Genesis 50:23

KJV: And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.brought…: Heb. born
EHCC: brought up upon Joseph's א4

Deuteronomy 28:35

KJV: The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
EHCC: The fora Shall smite thee in the dnecs, |

Deuteronomy 16:19

KJV: Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.words: or, matters
EHCC: she made him slee] upon her knees ;

1 Kings 8:54

KJV: And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
EHCC: from kneeling on hes Rees

1 Kings 18:42

KJV: So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
EHCC: put his face between his knees,

1 Kings 19:18

KJV: Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.I have…: or, I will leave
EHCC: all the knees which have not

2 Kings 1:13

KJV: And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.fell: Heb. bowed
EHCC: came and fell on his knees

2 Kings 4:20

KJV: And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
EHCC: he sat on her Anees till noon,

2 Chronicles 6:18

KJV: But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
EHCC: kneeled down upon his knect

Job 3:12

KJV: Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
EHCC: Why did the inces prevent me?

Job 4:4

KJV: Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
EHCC: and thou hast strengthened the feeble hues,

Psalms 109:24

KJV: My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
EHCC: My knees are weak through fasting ;

Isaiah 35:3

KJV: Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
EHCC: and confirm the feeble knees.

Isaiah 45:23

KJV: I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
EHCC: unto me every 6ת4 shall bow, |

Isaiah 66:12

KJV: For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
EHCC: be dandled upon (her) knees.

Isaiah 47:4

KJV: As for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
EHCC: the waters (were) to the knees,

Daniel 10:10

KJV: And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.set: Heb. moved
EHCC: which set me upon my Ances

Nahum 2:10

KJV: She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
EHCC: (11).and the knces smite together,

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