A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of {adoration}) and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the {king} as treason): - X {abundantly} X {altogether} X at {all} {blaspheme} {bless} {congratulate} {curse} X {greatly} X {indeed} kneel ({down}) {praise} {salute} X {still} thank.
Gen 1:28And God blessedH1288 them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. ▼
Gen 17:16And I will blessH1288 her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will blessH1288 her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. ▼
Gen 17:20And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessedH1288 him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Gen 22:17That in blessingH1288 I will blessH1288 thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; ▼
Gen 24:11And he madeH1288 his camels to kneel downH1288 without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. ▼
Gen 24:27And he said, BlessedH1288be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
Gen 24:35And the LORD hath blessedH1288 my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
Gen 24:48And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessedH1288 the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.
Gen 24:60And they blessedH1288 Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
Gen 26:3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will blessH1288 thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Gen 26:4And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessedH1288;
Gen 26:24And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will blessH1288 thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
Gen 26:29That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessedH1288 of the LORD. ▼
Gen 27:19And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may blessH1288 me.
Gen 27:25And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may blessH1288 thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
Gen 27:27And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessedH1288 him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessedH1288:
Gen 27:29Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessedH1288be he that blessethH1288 thee.
Gen 27:30¶ And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessingH1288 Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
Gen 27:31And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may blessH1288 me.
Gen 27:33And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessedH1288 him? yea, and he shall be blessedH1288. ▼▼
Gen 27:34And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, BlessH1288 me, even me also, O my father.
Gen 27:38And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? blessH1288 me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
Gen 27:41¶ And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed himH1288: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
Gen 28:6¶ When Esau saw that Isaac had blessedH1288 Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessedH1288 him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
Gen 28:14And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessedH1288. ▼
Gen 30:27And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessedH1288 me for thy sake.
Gen 30:30For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessedH1288 thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? ▼▼
Gen 31:55And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessedH1288 them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.