- Original: בּרר - Transliteration: Barar - Phonetic: baw-rar' - Definition: 1. to purify, select, polish, choose, purge, cleanse or make bright, test or prove a. (Qal) 1. to purge, purge out, purify 2. to choose, select 3. to cleanse, make shining, polish 4. to test, prove b. (Niphal) to purify oneself c. (Piel) to purify d. (Hiphil) 1. to purify 2. to polish arrows e. (Hithpael) 1. to purify oneself 2. to show oneself pure, just, kind - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 288 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to clarify (that is brighten) examine select: - make bright choice chosen cleanse (be clean) clearly polished (shew self) pure (-ify) purge (out). Total KJV Occurrences: 17 • bright, 1 Jeremiah 51:11 • choice, 2 1 Chronicles 7:40; Nehemiah 5:18 • chosen, 2 1 Chronicles 9:22; 1 Chronicles 16:41 • clean, 1 Isaiah 52:11 • cleanse, 1 Jeremiah 4:11 • clearly, 1 Job 33:3 • manifest, 1 Ecclesiastes 3:18 • out, 1 Ezekiel 20:38 • polished, 1 Isaiah 49:2 • pure, 4 2 Samuel 22:27; Psalm 18:26(2); Zephaniah 3:9 • purge, 1 Daniel 11:35 • purified, 1 Daniel 12:10