Strong’s H1277 · Hebrew

בָּרִיא
bârîyʼ
baw-ree'

Definition

fatted or plump

Etymology

from H1254 (בָּרָא) (in the sense of H1262 (בָּרָה));

Where the KJV renders it

  • fat ((fleshed)
  • -ter)
  • fed
  • firm
  • plenteous
  • rank

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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