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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
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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

H1238

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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - The Egyptians will panic, and I will confuse their strategy. They will seek guidance from the idols and from the spirits of the dead, from the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, and from the magicians.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:1 - Look, the LORD is ready to devastate the earth and leave it in ruins; he will mar its surface and scatter its inhabitants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:3 - The earth will be completely devastated and thoroughly ransacked. For the LORD has decreed this judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7 - In this place I will thwart the plans of the people of Judah and Jerusalem. I will deliver them over to the power of their enemies who are seeking to kill them. They will die by the sword at the hands of their enemies. I will make their dead bodies food for the birds and wild beasts to eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:2 - I will send people to winnow Babylonia like a wind blowing away chaff. They will winnow her and strip her land bare. This will happen when they come against her from every direction, when it is time to destroy her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:1 - Israel was a fertile vine that yielded fruit. As his fruit multiplied, he multiplied altars to Baal. As his land prospered, they adorned the fertility pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:2 - For the LORD will restore the majesty of Jacob, as well as the majesty of Israel, though their enemies have plundered them and have destroyed their fields.
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