What does בָּעַר · ἄφρων mean in the Bible?
בָּעַר · ἄφρων is a Hebrew phrase meaning "brutish, senseless, morally dull".
Hebrew · H1197, G878
בַּעַר
To kindle , i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be (-come) brutish · foolish
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בָּעַר H1197 to kindle , i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be (-come) brutish
Pronunciation bāʿar
Fire consumes and reduces to nothing; brutishness represents moral consumption—loss of wisdom through appetite.
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ἄφρων G878 foolish
Pronunciation áphrōn
Moral and spiritual obtuseness—reckless inconsideration rather than mere intellectual deficiency
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What does בַּעַר (ba'ar) mean in the Bible?
בָּעַר · ἄφρων is a Hebrew phrase meaning "brutish, senseless, morally dull".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1197, G878?
H1197, G878 is connected to 94 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. brutish, senseless, morally dull
Source Gloss
brutish, senseless, morally dull
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 5 Aligned forms 52
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 30×
Participle active Deut 4:11 · Deut 5:23 · Deut 9:15 · Exod 3:2 · Ezek 1:13 · Ezek 21:36 · Hos 7:4 · Hos 7:6 · Isa 30:27 · Isa 30:33 · Isa 34:9 · Jer 20:9 · Mal 3:19 · Ps 94:8 14×
Imperfect Isa 43:2 · Ps 39:4 · Ps 79:5 · Ps 83:15 · Ps 89:47 · Exod 3:3 · Isa 62:1 · Ps 2:12 · Jer 10:8 9×
Perfect 2Sam 22:9 · 2Sam 22:13 · Judg 15:14 · Ps 18:9 · Esth 1:12 · Isa 9:17 · Num 11:3 7×
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 14×
Perfect 1Kgs 22:47 · 2Kgs 23:24 · Deut 26:13 · Deut 26:14 · Isa 3:14 · Isa 50:11 · 2Chr 19:3 7×
Imperfect 1Kgs 14:10 · Deut 21:9 · Exod 35:3 · Ezek 39:10 4×
Infinitive absolute Isa 4:4 1×
Infinitive construct Isa 40:16 1×
Participle active Jer 7:18 1×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 4×
Perfect Jer 10:14 · Jer 51:17 · Jer 10:21 3×
Participle active Isa 19:11 1×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 3×
Imperfect Exod 22:4 · Ezek 5:2 2×
Participle active 1Kgs 16:3 1×
Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 1×
Participle passive Jer 36:22 1×
Word Origins
בַּעַר is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain