בְּרָכָה
beracha · blessing
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1293 · appears 69 times in the Bible
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beracha (בְּרָכָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “blessing”.
The good that God gives (life, children, prosperity) and the words with which it is asked for or declared. Also a gift.
How to say it
be·ra·cha
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
- The good God gives, or words asking for it.
- A gift given with good wishes, as a sign of favor.
- Literally "blessing": a treaty of friendship.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Word study
Blessing: the good one receives (life, children, harvests, prosperity) and the words by which that good is asked for or declared. Also a gift that is offered. It is the noun of the verb בָּרַךְ (bless, H1288).
- The blessing given to Abraham: “be a blessing” Genesis 12:2Genesis 28:4
- The father's blessing that Jacob took Genesis 27:36Genesis 27:41
- Blessing and curse set before the people Deuteronomy 11:26Deuteronomy 30:19
- The blessing YHWH commands Psalms 133:3Malachi 3:10
- A gift 1 Samuel 25:27Genesis 33:11Joshua 15:19
Historical and cultural background
Moses commanded that, on entering the land, “you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal” (Deuteronomy 11:29).
How we translate it
“Blessing” 55 times and “blessings” 12, also when it is a gift, so that the Hebrew word can be seen (“Please take my blessing”, Genesis 33:11). In 2 Kings 18:31 and Isaiah 36:16, where the king of Assyria asks them to come to terms with him, it is translated “Make peace with me”.
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- blessing ×55
- blessings ×12
- Make peace ×2
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis×16
- Exodus×1
- Leviticus×1
- Deuteronomy×12
- Joshua×2
- Judges×1
- 1 Samuel×2
- 2 Samuel×1
- 2 Kings×2
- Nehemiah×2
- Job×1
- Psalms×9
- Proverbs×8
- Isaiah×4
- Ezekiel×3
- Joel×1
- Zechariah×1
- Malachi×2
- Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, and I will make great your name; and be a blessing.
- Genesis 27:12
Perhaps my father will feel me, and I will be in his eyes like a mocker, and I will bring on myself a curse and not a blessing.”
- Genesis 27:35
He said, “Your brother came with deceit and took your blessing.”
- Genesis 27:36
He said, “Was he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times: my birthright he took, and look, now he has taken my blessing.” And he said, “Have you not reserved for me a blessing?”
- Genesis 27:38
Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me, me too, my father!” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
- Genesis 27:41
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill Jacob my brother.”
- Genesis 28:4
May he give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your offspring with you, so that you may possess the land where you reside as an alien, which Elohim gave to Abraham.”
- Genesis 33:11
Please take my blessing that has been brought to you, for Elohim has favored me and because I have everything.” He urged him, and he took it.
- Genesis 39:5
From the time that he appointed him in his house and over all that he had, YHWH blessed the house of the Egyptian because of Joseph; and the blessing of YHWH was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.
- Genesis 49:25
by the El of your father, who will help you, and by Shaddai, who will bless you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
- Genesis 49:26
The blessings of your father have prevailed over the blessings of my ancestors, up to the bounds of the eternal hills. May they be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of the one consecrated among his brothers.
- Genesis 49:28
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them when he blessed them; each according to his blessing he blessed them.
- Exodus 32:29
And Moses said, “Consecrate yourselves today to YHWH, for each man has been against his son and against his brother, so as to bestow upon you today a blessing.”
- Leviticus 25:21
I will command my blessing for you in the sixth year, and it will produce the produce for three years.
- Deuteronomy 11:26
See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:
- Deuteronomy 11:27
the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of YHWH your Elohim that I am commanding you today;
- Deuteronomy 11:29
And when YHWH your Elohim brings you into the land into which you are going to take possession of it, you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
- Deuteronomy 12:15
However, with all the desire of your soul you may sacrifice and eat meat according to the blessing of YHWH your Elohim that he has given you within all your gates; the unclean and the clean may eat it, as they eat the gazelle and the deer.
- Deuteronomy 16:17
each shall give according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of YHWH your Elohim that he has given you.
- Deuteronomy 23:5
But YHWH your Elohim was not willing to listen to Balaam, and YHWH your Elohim turned for you the curse into a blessing, because YHWH your Elohim loves you.
- Deuteronomy 28:2
And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you listen to the voice of YHWH your Elohim.
- Deuteronomy 28:8
YHWH will command the blessing upon you in your barns and in all that you undertake with your hand, and he will bless you in the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 30:1
And it shall be, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse that I have set before you, and you take them back to your heart among all the nations where YHWH your Elohim has banished you,
- Deuteronomy 30:19
I call the heavens and the earth to witness against you today: life and death I have set before you, the blessing and the curse. And you shall choose life, so that you may live, you and your offspring,
- Deuteronomy 33:1
And this is the blessing with which Moses, the man of Elohim, blessed the sons of Israel before his death.
- Deuteronomy 33:23
And of Naphtali he said, “Naphtali, satisfied with favor and full of the blessing of YHWH, take possession of the sea and the south.”
- Joshua 8:34
And afterward he read all the words of the instruction, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the instruction.
- Joshua 15:19
And she said, “Give me a blessing; since you have given me the land of the Negev, give me also springs of water.” And he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
- Judges 1:15
She said to him, “Give me a blessing; since you have given me the land of the Negev, give me springs of water.” And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
- 1 Samuel 25:27
And now, this blessing that your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who go about at the feet of my lord.
- 1 Samuel 30:26
David came to Ziklag, and he sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his companions, saying, “Here is for you a blessing from the spoil of the enemies of YHWH”:
- 2 Samuel 7:29
And now, be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may be forever before you; for you, Adonai YHWH, have spoken, and with your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed forever.”
- 2 Kings 5:15
He returned to the man of Elohim, he and all his company, and came and stood before him and said, “Look, please, I know that there is no Elohim in all the earth except in Israel. Now please take a blessing from your servant.”
- 2 Kings 18:31
Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria: “Make peace with me and come out to me, and eat, each from his vine and each from his fig tree, and drink, each the water of his cistern,
- Nehemiah 9:5
And the Levites said— Jeshua and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah— “Stand up, bless YHWH your Elohim from forever to forever.” “And let them bless the name of your glory, exalted above all blessing and praise.
- Nehemiah 13:2
because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and with water, and he hired against him Balaam to curse him; but our Elohim turned the curse into a blessing.
- Job 29:13
The blessing of the one perishing came upon me, and the heart of the widow I made shout for joy.
- Psalms 3:8
Salvation belongs to YHWH; upon your people be your blessing. Selah.
- Psalms 21:3
For you go out to meet him with blessings of good; you set on his head a crown of fine gold.
- Psalms 21:6
For you make him blessings forever; you gladden him with joy with your face.
And 29 more times.