Fat
בִּרְיָהStrong’s H1277beryah (ber-yah)
Appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Beryah is the Hebrew word usually translated “fat” and “fat of”. It appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament.
“And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat.”
Meaning
- Fat
- (TWOT) fat, fatter, fed, firm, plenteous, rank
How it's translated
- fat 6
- and fat of 2
- and fat 2
- the fat 2
- fat of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 6
- Judges 1
- 1 Kings 1
- Psalms 1
- Ezekiel 1
- Daniel 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 11:16In contextFor, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
- Genesis 41:2And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
- Genesis 41:4And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
- Genesis 41:5And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
- Genesis 41:7And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
- Genesis 41:18And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
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
- Fleshy; plump; corpulent; abounding with an oily concrete substance, as an animal body; the contrary to lean; as a fat man; a fat ox.
- Coarse; gross.
- Dull; heavy; stupid; unteachable.“Make the heart of this people fat” Isaiah 6:10
- Rich; wealthy; affluent.
All definitions and other forms of “fat”
- Rich; producing a large income; as a fat benefice.
- Rich; fertile; as a fat soil; or rich; nourishing; as fat pasture.
- Abounding in spiritual grace and comfort.“They [the righteous] shall be fat and flourishing” Psalms 92:14
FAT, noun
- An oily concrete substance, deposited in the cells of the adipose or cellular membrane of animal bodies.
- 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.
- “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.