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Lexicon :: Strong's H1237 - biqʿâ

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בִּקְעָה
Transliteration
biqʿâ
Pronunciation
bik-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 271b

Strong’s Definitions

בִּקְעָה biqʻâh, bik-aw'; from H1234; properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains:—plain, valley.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H1237 in the following manner: valley (13x), plain (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H1237 in the following manner: valley (13x), plain (7x).
  1. valley

  2. plain, level valley

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בִּקְעָה biqʻâh, bik-aw'; from H1234; properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains:—plain, valley.
STRONGS H1237: Abbreviations
בִּקְעָה noun feminine valley (cleft), plain — absolute ב׳ Genesis 11:2 + 8 times; construct בִּקְעַת Deuteronomy 34:3 + 7 times; plural בְּקָעוֺת Isaiah 41:18; Psalm 104:8; בְּקָעֹת Deuteronomy 11:11; —
1. valley (opposed to הַר mountain) Deuteronomy 8:7; Deuteronomy 11:11; compare Isaiah 41:18; also Isaiah 63:14 כַּבְּהֵמָה בַּבִּקְעָח תֵרֵד; in creation-poem Psalm 104:8 יַעֲלוּ הָרִים יֵֽֽֽרְדוּ בְקָעוֺת.
2. plain (sometimes valley-plain, broad valley) Genesis 11:2; also Ezekiel 3:22, 23; Ezekiel 8:4; Ezekiel 37:1, 2 (הַבּ׳עַל־פְּנֵי) as level, opposed to הָֽרְכָּ סִים Isaiah 40:4 (|| מִישׁוֺר); elsewhere construct mostly with proper name Deuteronomy 34:3 יְרֵחוֺ ב׳ (appositive הַכִּכָּר), מִצְפֶּה ב׳ Joshua 11:8, הַלְּבָנוֺן ב׳ Joshua 11:17; Joshua 12:7, מִגִדּוֺ ב׳ 2 Chronicles 35:22 compare Zechariah 12:11, אוֺנוֺ ב׳ Nehemiah 6:2; ב׳־אָוֶן Amos 1:5 plain of idolatry = Baalbek (Damascus, according to Wetzst in DeJes 3, 702; Greek Version of the LXX πέδιον Ὤη).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H1236.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:2; 11:2

Deuteronomy

8:7; 11:11; 11:11; 34:3; 34:3

Joshua

11:8; 11:17; 12:7

2 Chronicles

35:22

Nehemiah

6:2

Psalms

104:8; 104:8

Isaiah

40:4; 41:18; 41:18; 63:14

Ezekiel

3:22; 3:23; 8:4; 37:1; 37:2

Amos

1:5

Zechariah

12:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1237 matches the Hebrew בִּקְעָה (biqʿâ),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:2 - And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:7 - “For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:11 - “But the land into which you are about to cross to possess, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain of heaven,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:3 - and the Negev (South country) and the plain in the Valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:8 - The LORD handed them over to Israel, who struck them and pursued them as far as Great Sidon and Misrephoth-maim and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh; they struck them down until no survivor was left.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:17 - from Mount Halak, that rises toward Seir [in the south], even as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon [in the north]. He captured all their kings and struck them and put them to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:7 -

These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir. Joshua gave their land to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their divisions,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:22 - Yet Josiah would not turn away from him, but disguised himself in order to fight against him. He did not listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, but came to fight against him on the plain of Megiddo.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:2 - Sanballat and Geshem sent word to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together at Chephirim in the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:8 -

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down

To the place which You established for them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:4 -

“Every valley shall be raised,

And every mountain and hill be made low;

And let the rough ground become a plain,

And the rugged places a broad valley.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18 -

“I will open rivers on the barren heights

And springs in the midst of the valleys;

I will make the wilderness a reed-pool of water

And the dry land springs of water.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:14 -

Like the cattle that go down into the valley [to find better pasture and rest],

The Spirit of the LORD gave them rest.

So You led Your people [O LORD]

To make for Yourself a beautiful and glorious name [preparing the way for the acknowledgment of Your name by all nations].

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:22 -

The hand of the LORD was on me there, and He said to me, “Arise, go out to the plain, and I will speak to you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:23 - So I got up and went out to the plain; and behold, the glory and brilliance of the LORD was standing there, like the glory I had seen by the River Chebar, and I fell face downward.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:4 - And behold, the glory and brilliance of the God of Israel [who had loved and chosen them] was there, like the vision which I saw in the plain.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:1 -

The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:2 - He caused me to pass all around them, and behold, there were very many [human bones] in the open valley; and lo, they were very dry.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:5 -

“I also will break the bar [of the gate] of Damascus,

And cut off and destroy the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven (Wickedness),

And the ruler who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden (Damascus);

And the people of Aram [conquered by the Assyrians] will go into exile to [fn]Kir,”

Says the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:11 - “In that day there shall be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of [the city of] Hadadrimmon in the Valley of [fn]Megiddo [over beloved King [fn]Josiah].
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