בּרא bârâ' baw-raw' A primitive root; (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)KJV Usage: choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitionsבּרא 1. to create, shape, form a. (Qal) to shape, fashion, create (always with God as subject) 1. of heaven and earth 2. of individual man 3. of new conditions and circumstances 4. of transformations b. (Niphal) to be created 1. of heaven and earth 2. of birth 3. of something new 4. of miracles c. (Piel) 1. to cut down 2. to cut out 2. to be fat a. (Hiphil) to make yourselves fat Origin: a primitive root TWOT: 278 Parts of Speech: Verb