Hebrew · H1197, G878 · unreviewed

בַּעַר

To kindle , i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be (-come) brutish · foolish

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בָּעַר H1197 to kindle , i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be (-come) brutish

Pronunciation bāʿar

Fire consumes and reduces to nothing; brutishness represents moral consumption—loss of wisdom through appetite.

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ἄφρων G878 foolish

Pronunciation áphrōn

Moral and spiritual obtuseness—reckless inconsideration rather than mere intellectual deficiency

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What does בַּעַר (ba'ar) mean in the Bible?

בָּעַר · ἄφρων is a Hebrew word meaning "brutish, senseless, morally dull".

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Meaning

brutish, senseless, morally dull

Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 30×

Participle active Deut 4:11 · Deut 5:23 · Deut 9:15 · Exod 3:2 · Ezek 1:13 · Ezek 21:36 · Hos 7:4 · Hos 7:6 · Isa 30:27 · Isa 30:33 · Isa 34:9 · Jer 20:9 · Mal 3:19 · Ps 94:8 14×

Imperfect Isa 43:2 · Ps 39:4 · Ps 79:5 · Ps 83:15 · Ps 89:47 · Exod 3:3 · Isa 62:1 · Ps 2:12 · Jer 10:8 9×

Perfect 2Sam 22:9 · 2Sam 22:13 · Judg 15:14 · Ps 18:9 · Esth 1:12 · Isa 9:17 · Num 11:3 7×

Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 14×

Perfect 1Kgs 22:47 · 2Kgs 23:24 · Deut 26:13 · Deut 26:14 · Isa 3:14 · Isa 50:11 · 2Chr 19:3 7×

Imperfect 1Kgs 14:10 · Deut 21:9 · Exod 35:3 · Ezek 39:10 4×

Infinitive absolute Isa 4:4 1×

Infinitive construct Isa 40:16 1×

Participle active Jer 7:18 1×

Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 4×

Perfect Jer 10:14 · Jer 51:17 · Jer 10:21 3×

Participle active Isa 19:11 1×

Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 3×

Imperfect Exod 22:4 · Ezek 5:2 2×

Participle active 1Kgs 16:3 1×

Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 1×

Participle passive Jer 36:22 1×

Hebrew Verb Forms

How this verb appears across 52 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).

Aspect / Form

Participle 17 Perfect 17 Imperfect 15 Infinitive absolute 1 Infinitive construct 1 Participle passive 1

Stem

Qal 30 Piel 14 Niphal 4 Hiphil 3 Pual 1

Mood

Indicative 17 Indicative/jussive 15

OT Occurrences

Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).

Morphology: OSHB WLC (Open Scriptures, CC BY 4.0) · STEPBible TEHMC (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Luke 12 — Fear God, Confess Christ, Seek the Kingdom, and Be Ready

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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