בָּרָא (bara) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning create. It appears
54 times
in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1254).
Also rendered
bara
shape
form
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 278)
Range of meaning (TWOT 278)shape, create; fashion; be created; cut down, cut out; select, feed; choose, dispatch, do, make
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
בָּרָאverb: shape, create
Qalperfect—shape, fashion, create
Niphalpassive
1.be created
2.with reference to birth
3.of something new, astonishing
Piel
1.cut down
2.cut out
Strong's H1254בָּרָא: (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes) KJV:choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).
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.