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To bear tidings

בָּשַׂרStrong’s H1319

basar (ba-sar)

Appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Basar is the Hebrew word usually translated “bears news”, “bear news” and “o bearer of news of”. It appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.”
1 Samuel 4:17 KJV
Meaning
  1. To bear news, bear tidings, publish, preach, show forth(Piel) · (Hithpael) to receive good news
How it's translated
  • bears news 3
  • to bear news 2
  • you bear news 2
  • bear news 2
  • o bearer of news of 2
  • the bearer of news 1
  • like a bearer of news 1
  • and let me bear news to 1

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

Where it's used most
  • 2 Samuel 6
  • Isaiah 5
  • Psalms 3
  • 1 Samuel 2
  • 1 Chronicles 2
  • 1 Kings 1

8 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

בָּשַׂר basar · to bear tidings

1) to bear news, bear tidings, publish, preach, show forth 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to gladden with good news 1a2) to bear news 1a3) to announce (salvation) as good news, preach 1b) (Hithpael) to receive good news

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

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