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Fat

בִּרְיָהStrong’s H1274

beryah (ber-yah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Beryah is the Hebrew word usually translated “fat”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.”
Ezekiel 34:20 KJV
Meaning
  1. Fat
  2. (TWOT) fat, fatter, fed, firm, plenteous, rank
How it's translated
  • fat 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Ezekiel 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    בִּרְיָה beryah · fat

    1) fat 2) (TWOT) fat, fatter, fed, firm, plenteous, rank

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “fat” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    FAT, adjective

    1. Fleshy; plump; corpulent; abounding with an oily concrete substance, as an animal body; the contrary to lean; as a fat man; a fat ox.
    2. Coarse; gross.
    3. Dull; heavy; stupid; unteachable.“Make the heart of this people fat” Isaiah 6:10
    4. Rich; wealthy; affluent.
    All definitions and other forms of “fat”
    1. Rich; producing a large income; as a fat benefice.
    2. Rich; fertile; as a fat soil; or rich; nourishing; as fat pasture.
    3. Abounding in spiritual grace and comfort.“They [the righteous] shall be fat and flourishing” Psalms 92:14

    FAT, noun

    1. An oily concrete substance, deposited in the cells of the adipose or cellular membrane of animal bodies.
    2. The best or richest part of a thing.“Abel brought of the fat of his flock” Genesis 4:4

    FAT, verb transitive

    To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.

      FAT, verb intransitive

      To grow fat plump and fleshy.

      1. “The fats shall overflow with wine and oil” Joel 2:24

      FAT, noun

      A measure of capacity, but indefinite.

        Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

        Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.