- Original: בּרה - Transliteration: Barah - Phonetic: baw-raw' - Definition: 1. to eat, consume a. (Qal) to eat b. (Piel) for eating, devouring c. (Hiphil) to cause to eat - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 281 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to select; also (as denominative from H1250 ) to feed; also (as equivalent to H1305 ) to render clear (Ecclesiastes 3:18): - choose (cause to) eat manifest (give) meat. Total KJV Occurrences: 7 • choose, 1 1 Samuel 17:8 • eat, 4 2 Samuel 3:35; 2 Samuel 12:17; 2 Samuel 13:6; 2 Samuel 13:10 • give, 1 2 Samuel 13:5 • meat, 1 Lamentations 4:10