בָּרַר
bārar
purify
Strong's H1305VerbHebrewTWOT 288

בָּרַר (bārar) is a Hebrew verb meaning purify. It appears 18 times in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1305).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 288)

Range of meaning (TWOT 288)purify, select; purge out, choose, cleanse, make shining, polish, test, prove; purify oneself; polish arrows; shew oneself pure, just, kind; clarify, brighten, examine; make bright, choice, chosen, clearly, pure, purge
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

בָּרַר verb: purify, select

Strong's H1305 בָּרַר: to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select
KJV:make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse (be clean), clearly, polished, (shew self) pure(-ify), purge (out).

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.

See it in Scripture

2 Samuel 22:271 Chronicles 7:40Nehemiah 5:18

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