Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H1198: בַּעַר

baʻar · pronounced bah'-ar · “stupid”

Definition

properly, foot (as consumed); i.e. (by exten.) of cattle brutishness; (concretely) stupid

KJV translates it as: brutish (person), foolish.

Word origin: from H1197 (בָּעַר);

Extended definition

brutishness, stupidity, brutish (person)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H1198 is translated

  • a stupid person ×1
  • was stupid ×1
  • stupid ×1
  • is stupid ×1
  • am stupid ×1

Bible verses with H1198 (baʻar)

Baʻar appears in 5 verses.

  • Psalms 49:10

    For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

  • Psalms 73:22

    So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

  • Psalms 92:6

    A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

  • Proverbs 12:1

    Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

  • Proverbs 30:2

    Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

Words derived from H1198