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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

H1237

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:2 - When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:7 - For the LORD your God is bringing you to a good land, a land of brooks, springs, and fountains flowing forth in valleys and hills,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:11 - Instead, the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy is one of hills and valleys, a land that drinks in water from the rains,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:3 - the Negev, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of the date palm trees, as far as Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:8 - The LORD handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:17 - from Mount Halak on up to Seir, as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and executed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:7 - These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the Israelites defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley to Mount Halak on up to Seir. Joshua assigned this territory to the Israelite tribes,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:22 - But Josiah did not turn back from him; he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:2 - Sanballat and Geshem sent word to me saying, "Come on! Let's set up a time to meet together at Kephirim in the plain of Ono." Now they intended to do me harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:8 - as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down - to the place you appointed for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:4 - Every valley must be elevated, and every mountain and hill leveled. The rough terrain will become a level plain, the rugged landscape a wide valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18 - I will make streams flow down the slopes and produce springs in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water and the arid land into springs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:14 - Like an animal that goes down into a valley to graze, so the Spirit of the LORD granted them rest. In this way you guided your people, gaining for yourself an honored reputation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:22 - The hand of the LORD rested on me there, and he said to me, "Get up, go out to the valley, and I will speak with you there."

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:23 - So I got up and went out to the valley, and the glory of the LORD was standing there, just like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River, and I threw myself face down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:4 - Then I perceived that the glory of the God of Israel was there, as in the vision I had seen earlier in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:1 - The hand of the LORD was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and placed me in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:2 - He made me walk all around among them. I realized there were a great many bones in the valley and they were very dry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:5 - I will break the bar on the gate of Damascus. I will remove the ruler from Wicked Valley, the one who holds the royal scepter from Beth Eden. The people of Aram will be deported to Kir." The LORD has spoken!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:11 - On that day the lamentation in Jerusalem will be as great as the lamentation at Hadad-Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
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