Definition

to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish

Etymology

a primitive root; also as denominative from H1198 (בַּעַר)

Where the KJV renders it

• be brutish
• bring (put
• take) away
• burn
• (cause to) eat (up)
• feed
• heat
• kindle
• set (on fire)
• waste

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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