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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