H1290 - בֶּרֶךְ (berek)

H1290 בֶּרֶךְ (berek) beh'-rek

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

knee

Strong's Definition

a knee

Derivation: from H1288 (בָרַךְ);

KJV Usage: knee.

TWOT Reference: 285a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) knee

2) weak from fear (fig.)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1119 G1119 G3382

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) knee 2) weak from fear (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: be.rekh (בְּרַךְ "knee" H1291)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בֶּרֶךְ berek BDB Definition: 1) knee 2) weak from fear (figuratively) Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1288 Same Word by TWOT Number: 285a Total KJV Occurrences: 25

Bible Occurrences (25)

30:3 48:12 50:23

28:35

7:5 7:6 16:19

8:54 18:42 19:18

1:13 4:20

6:13

9:5

3:12 4:4

109:24

35:3 45:23 66:12

7:17 21:7 47:4

10:10

2:10

Genesis 30:3

Then she said, Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children [for me], so that through her I too can build a family.

Genesis 48:12

Then Joseph removed [his sons] from [his father’s] knees and bowed facedown....

Genesis 50:23

He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.

Deuteronomy 28:35

The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable... boils on your knees... and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.

Judges 7:5

So [Gideon] brought the men down to the water, and the LORD said to [him], Separate those who lap the water with their tongues... like... a dog from those who kneel...... to drink.

Judges 7:6

And the number of those who lapped [the water] with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others... knelt...... to drink....

Judges 16:19

And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength... left him.

1 Kings 8:54

Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD -, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling...... with his hands spread out toward heaven.