Lexicon barar: to purify, select Original Word: בָּרַרPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: barar Phonetic Spelling: (baw-rar') Short Definition: choice NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto purify, select NASB Translationchoice (2), chosen (2), cleanse (1), pure you show (2), purge (2), purged (1), purified (1), purify (1), select (1), sharpen (1), show yourself pure (2), sincerely (1), tested (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ בָּרַר] verb purify, select (compare Assyrian barâru, be shining, in derivatives Zim BP 46. 73 Belser BAS ii. 154; Arabic  pious, kind, true;  he was pious, good, virtuous, honest) — Qal Perfect בָּרוֺתִי Ezekiel 20:38; Infinitive suffix לְבָרָם Ecclesiastes 3:18, Ges§ 67 R, 3; compare לָבוּר Ecclesiastes 9:1 (si vera lectio) as metaplastic form, but on text see בּוּר above; Participle passive masculine בָּרוּר Job 33:3 4t.; feminine בְּרוּרָה Nehemiah 5:18; Zephaniah 3:9; — 1 purge out, purify: וּבָרוֺתִי מִכֶּם הַמֹּרְדִים and I will purge out from among you the rebels Ezekiel 20:38; שָׂפָה בְּרוּרָה a purified lip Zephaniah 3:9; בָּרוּר מִלֵּל֑וּ utter in a pure, sincere manner Job 33:3. 2 choose, select, only Participle and in Chronicler: chosen, valiant men 1 Chronicles 7:40; porters 1 Chronicles 9:22; musicians 1 Chronicles 16:41; sheep Nehemiah 5:18. 3 cleanse, make shining, polish, passive participle חֵץ בָּרוּר polished arrow Isaiah 49:2 (compare De & Jeremiah 51:11 below) 4 test, prove Ecclesiastes 3:18 לְבָרָם הָאֱלֹהִים that God may prove them (RV); — on Ecclesiastes 9:1 see בּוּר. Niph`al הִבָּרוּ Isaiah 52:11; Participle נָבָר 2 Samuel 22:27 (= Psalm 18:27); — purify oneself: a. ceremonially, the bearers of the sacred vessels Isaiah 52:11. b. morally 2 Samuel 22:27 = Psalm 18:27. Pi`el Infinitive לְבָרֵר Daniel 11:35 purify ("" לִצְרוֺף, לַלְבֵּן). Hiph`il 1. Infinitive לְהָבַר Jeremiah 4:11 purify, cleanse. 2 Imperative הָבֵרוּ הַחִצִּים Jeremiah 51:11 polish arrows (see 3 above). Hithpa`el 1. Imperfect יִתְבָּרֲרוּ Daniel 12:10 purify oneself. 2 תִּתְבָּרַר Psalm 18:27 = תִּתָּבָר 2 Samuel 22:27 shew oneself pure, just, kind.
Strong's make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse be clean, clearly, polished, purify, purge out A primitive root; to clarify (i.e. Brighten), examine, select -- make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse (be clean), clearly, polished, (shew self) pure(-ify), purge (out). |
