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Lexicon :: Strong's H1238 - bāqaq

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בָּקַק
Transliteration
bāqaq
Pronunciation
baw-kah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 273

Strong’s Definitions

בָּקַק bâqaq, baw-kah'; a primitive root; to pour out, i.e. to empty, figuratively, to depopulate; by analogy, to spread out (as a fruitful vine):—(make) empty (out), fail, × utterly, make void.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H1238 in the following manner: empty (5x), make void (1x), emptiers (1x), fail (1x), utterly (inf for emphasis.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H1238 in the following manner: empty (5x), make void (1x), emptiers (1x), fail (1x), utterly (inf for emphasis.
  1. to empty

    1. (Qal)

      1. to empty, lay waste

      2. to make void (fig.)

    2. (Niphal) to be emptied

    3. (Polel) to empty out, devastate

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּקַק bâqaq, baw-kah'; a primitive root; to pour out, i.e. to empty, figuratively, to depopulate; by analogy, to spread out (as a fruitful vine):—(make) empty (out), fail, × utterly, make void.
STRONGS H1238: Abbreviations
† I. [בָּקַק] verb be luxuriant (Arabic bdb013201 be profuse, abundant (see especially Conjugations I. IV, Lane)) —
Qal Participle בֹּקֵק luxuriant Hosea 10:1 (figurative of Israel as vine).

II. [בָּקַק] verb empty (compare probably Arabic bdb013202 make a gurgling noise, of a mug dipped in water, or emptied of water) —
Qal Perfect וּבַקֹּתִ֫י Jeremiah 19:7, בָּֽקֲקוּ Nahum 2:3; Participle בּוֺקֵק Isaiah 24:1, בִּקֲקִים Nahum 2:3; empty, lay waste land, accusative, Isaiah 24:1; Nahum 2:3, also absolute Nahum 2:3; figurative make void (object עֵצָה) Jeremiah 19:7.
Niph. Perfect וְנָֽבְקָה (compare Ges§ 67, R. 11) Isaiah 19:3; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תִּבּוֺק Isaiah 24:3; Infinitive absolute הִבּוֺק Isaiah 24:3; — be emptied (laid waste) Isaiah 24:3 הִבּוֺק תִבּוֺק, of land (|| הִבּוֺז תִּבּוֺז); figurative of spirit, courage Isaiah 19:3.
Po. Imperfect יְבֹקֲקוּ Jeremiah 51:2 empty out (devastate) land.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

19:3; 19:3; 24:1; 24:1; 24:3; 24:3; 24:3

Jeremiah

19:7; 19:7; 51:2

Hosea

10:1

Nahum

2:3; 2:3; 2:3; 2:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1238 matches the Hebrew בָּקַק (bāqaq),
which occurs 9 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 -

“Then the spirit of the Egyptians will become exhausted within them and emptied out;

And I will confuse their strategy,

So that they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,

And mediums and soothsayers.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:1 -

Behold, the LORD [fn]lays waste to the earth, devastates it, twists and distorts its face and scatters its inhabitants.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:3 - The earth will be completely laid waste and utterly pillaged, for the LORD has spoken this word.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7 - “I will pour out and nullify the counsel (plans) of [the men of] Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I will make their people fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their lives; and I will give their dead bodies as food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:2 -

And I will send foreigners to Babylon that they may winnow her

And may devastate and empty her land;

For in the day of destruction

They will be against her on every side.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:1 -

Israel is a luxuriant and prolific vine;

He produces fruit for himself.

The more his fruit,

The more altars he made [to Baal];

The richer his land,

The better he made the [idolatrous] pillars.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:2 -

For the LORD will restore the splendor and majesty of Jacob

Like the splendor of [ancient and united] Israel,

Even though destroyers have destroyed them

And ruined their vine branches.

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