בַּר

bar · son

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1248 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

bar (בַּר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “son”.

Heir. It is the Aramaic word for "son", which appears a few times in the Hebrew of the Bible (Psalm 2:12; Proverbs 31:2).

How to say it

bar

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A son, said with a rare word, the same one Aramaic uses.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Psalms 2:12

    Kiss the son, lest he be angry and you perish in the way, for soon his anger will flare up. Happy are all who take refuge in him.

  • Proverbs 31:2

    What, my son? And what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?

And 2 more times.