Hebrew word

bârak

baw-rak'

בָרַךְ

What it means

to kneel

to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

blessed152
bless100
blesseth7
salute4
blessest3
curse3
blessing2
down2

Every place it appears 287

Genesis1:22 1:28 2:3 5:2 9:1 9:26 12:2 12:3 14:19 14:20 17:16 17:20 22:17 22:18 24:1 24:11 24:27 24:31 24:35 24:48 24:60 25:11 26:3 26:24 26:29 27:4 27:7 27:10 27:25 27:27 27:29 27:30 27:33 27:34 27:38 27:41 28:1 28:3 28:6 30:27 30:30 31:55 39:5 47:7 47:10 48:15 48:16 48:20 49:25 49:28

Exodus18:10 20:11 23:25

Leviticus9:22 9:23

Numbers6:23 6:24 22:6 23:11 23:20 23:25 24:1 24:9 24:10

Deuteronomy1:11 2:7 7:13 7:14 8:10 10:8 14:29 15:4 15:6 15:10 15:14 15:18 16:15 21:5 23:20 24:13 24:19 26:15 27:12 28:3 28:4 28:5 28:6 28:8 28:12 29:19 30:16 33:1 33:11 33:13 33:20 33:24

Joshua8:33 14:13 17:14 22:6 22:33 24:10

Judges5:2 5:9 5:24 17:2

Ruth2:19 2:20 3:10 4:14

1 Samuel2:20 9:13 13:10 15:13 23:21 25:14 25:32 25:33 25:39 26:25

2 Samuel2:5 6:11 6:12 6:18 6:20 7:29 8:10 13:25 14:22 18:28 19:39 21:3 22:47

1 Kings1:47 1:48 2:45 5:7 8:14 8:15 8:55 8:56 8:66 10:9 21:10 21:13

2 Kings4:29 10:15

1 Chronicles4:10 13:14 16:2 16:36 16:43 17:27 18:10 23:13 26:5 29:10 29:20

2 Chronicles2:12 6:3 6:4 6:13 9:8 20:26 30:27 31:8 31:10

Ezra7:27

Nehemiah8:6 9:5 11:2

Job1:5 1:10 1:11 1:21 2:5 2:9 31:20 42:12

Proverbs3:33 5:18 22:9 27:14 30:11

Isaiah19:25 51:2 65:16 65:23 66:3

Jeremiah4:2 17:7 31:23

Ezekiel3:12

Zechariah11:5