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Lexicon :: Strong's H1158 - bāʿâ

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בָּעָה
Transliteration
bāʿâ
Pronunciation
baw-aw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 259

Strong’s Definitions

בָּעָה bâʻâh, baw-aw'; a primitive root; to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask:—cause, inquire, seek up, swell out.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H1158 in the following manner: enquire (2x), boil (1x), sought up (1x), swelling out.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H1158 in the following manner: enquire (2x), boil (1x), sought up (1x), swelling out.

  1. to seek out, swell, cause to swell, boil up, enquire

    1. (Qal)

      1. to seek, enquire

      2. to cause to boil up

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be searched out

      2. to be swelling, bulging, swelling out

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּעָה bâʻâh, baw-aw'; a primitive root; to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask:—cause, inquire, seek up, swell out.
STRONGS H1158: Abbreviations
†[בָּעָה] verb inquire, cause to swell or boil up (Late Hebrew id; Arabic بَغَى seek, suppurate, swell; Aramaic H1156 בְּעָא, axib seek) —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תִּבְעֶה Isaiah 64:1; 2nd person masculine plural תִּבְעָיוּן Isaiah 21:12; Imperative בְּעָיוּ Isaiah 21:12; —
1.of rising desire, seek, inquire, absolute, of inquiring of prophet Isaiah 21:12 (twice in verse).
2. cause to boil up, ־אֵשׁ מַיִם תִּב׳ Isaiah 64:1 (but gloss Che).
Niph. Perfect נִבְעוּ Obadiah 6 searched out (|| נֶחְפְּשׂוּ); Participle נִבְעֶה Isaiah 30:13 swelling, swelling out (of decaying wall; Di swelling, enlarging, of crack in wall).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

21:12; 21:12; 21:12; 30:13; 64:1; 64:1

Obadiah

1:6

H1158

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1158 matches the Hebrew בָּעָה (bāʿâ),
which occurs 5 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:12 - The watchman replies, “Morning is coming, but also the night. If you would ask, then ask; and come back yet again.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:13 - this sin will become for you like a high wall, cracked and bulging, that collapses suddenly, in an instant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 64:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:2 - As when fire sets twigs ablaze and causes water to boil, come down to make your name known to your enemies and cause the nations to quake before you!

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:6 - But how Esau will be ransacked, his hidden treasures pillaged!
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