Strong's Concordance H1288

Original Word: בָּרַךְ
Transliteration: bârak
Phonetic Spelling: baw-rak'
a primitive root; 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); × abundantly, × altogether, × at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, × greatly, × indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, × still, thank.

Usages throughout the bible

Genesis 32:29 - And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed H1288 him there.

Genesis 35:9 - And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed H1288 him.

Genesis 39:5 - And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed H1288 the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.

Genesis 47:7 - And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed H1288 Pharaoh.

Genesis 47:10 - And Jacob blessed H1288 Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

Genesis 48:3 - And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed H1288 me,

Genesis 48:9 - And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless H1288 them.

Genesis 48:15 - And he blessed H1288 Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

Genesis 48:16 - The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless H1288 the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

Genesis 48:20 - And he blessed H1288 them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, H1288 saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

Genesis 49:25 - Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless H1288 thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

Genesis 49:28 - All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed H1288 them; every one according to his blessing he blessed H1288 them.

Exodus 12:32 - Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless H1288 me also.

Exodus 18:10 - And Jethro said, Blessed H1288 be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

Exodus 20:11 - For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed H1288 the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Exodus 20:24 - An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless H1288 thee.

Exodus 23:25 - And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless H1288 thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

Exodus 39:43 - And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed H1288 them.

Leviticus 9:22 - And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed H1288 them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.

Leviticus 9:23 - And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed H1288 the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people.

Numbers 6:23 - Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless H1288 the children of Israel, saying unto them,

Numbers 6:24 - The LORD bless H1288 thee, and keep thee:

Numbers 6:27 - And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless H1288 them.

Numbers 22:6 - Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest H1288 is blessed, H1288 and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

Numbers 22:12 - And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed. H1288

Numbers 23:11 - And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed H1288 them altogether. H1288

Numbers 23:20 - Behold, I have received commandment to bless: H1288 and he hath blessed; H1288 and I cannot reverse it.

Numbers 23:25 - And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless H1288 them at all. H1288

Numbers 24:1 - And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless H1288 Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

Numbers 24:9 - He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed H1288 is he that blesseth H1288 thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

Numbers 24:10 - And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether H1288 blessed H1288 them these three times.

Deuteronomy 1:11 - (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless H1288 you, as he hath promised you!)

Deuteronomy 2:7 - For the LORD thy God hath blessed H1288 thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

Deuteronomy 7:13 - And he will love thee, and bless H1288 thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless H1288 the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

Deuteronomy 7:14 - Thou shalt be blessed H1288 above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

Deuteronomy 8:10 - When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless H1288 the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

Deuteronomy 10:8 - At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless H1288 in his name, unto this day.

Deuteronomy 12:7 - And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed H1288 thee.

Deuteronomy 14:24 - And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed H1288 thee:

Deuteronomy 14:29 - And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless H1288 thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.

Deuteronomy 15:4 - Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly H1288 bless H1288 thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:

Deuteronomy 15:6 - For the LORD thy God blesseth H1288 thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.

Deuteronomy 15:10 - Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless H1288 thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

Deuteronomy 15:14 - Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed H1288 thee thou shalt give unto him.

Deuteronomy 15:18 - It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless H1288 thee in all that thou doest.

Deuteronomy 16:10 - And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed H1288 thee:

Deuteronomy 16:15 - Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless H1288 thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

Deuteronomy 21:5 - And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless H1288 in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:

Deuteronomy 23:20 - Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless H1288 thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

Deuteronomy 24:13 - In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless H1288 thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.