בָּעַר
bāʿar
be brutish
Strong's H1197VerbHebrewTWOT 263

בָּעַר (bāʿar) is a Hebrew verb meaning be brutish. It appears 94 times in 20 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1197).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 263)

Range of meaning (TWOT 263)burn, consume; kindle; burn up; be (-come) brutish; be brutish, bring away, eat, feed, heat, set, waste
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

בָּעַר verb: burn, consume

Strong's H1197 בָּעַר: to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be (-come) brutish
KJV:be brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

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Exodus 3:2Numbers 11:1Deuteronomy 4:11

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