Definition

{to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)}

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H1288 (בָרַךְ)

Word family

• בָרַךְ bârak

How the KJV renders it

• bless
• kneel

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.