Definition

to select; to feed; to render clear

Etymology

a primitive root; to select; also (as denominative from H1250 (בָּר)) to feed; also (as equivalent to H1305 (בָּרַר)) to render clear (Ecclesiastes 3:18)

Word family

• בָּר bâr
• בָּרַר bârar

How the KJV renders it

• choose
• (cause to) eat
• manifest
• (give) meat

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.