# בָּרָה (barah)

Israeli respelling: ba-rah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H1262. 7 Old Testament occurrences.

to select; to feed; to render clear

King James renderings: choose, (cause to) eat, manifest, (give) meat.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/barah-h1262

## Occurrences

- [1 Samuel 17:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/8) — And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistin…
- [2 Samuel 3:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/3/35) — And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I tas…
- [2 Samuel 12:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/17) — And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
- [2 Samuel 13:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/13/5) — And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray th…
- [2 Samuel 13:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/13/6) — So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister…
- [2 Samuel 13:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/13/10) — And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and…
- [Lamentations 4:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/4/10) — The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.