Strong's Lexicon

H1058

H1058 — בָּכָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewbakahverbOccurrences: 116TWOT: 243

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1058
Word:בָּכָה
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:116
Transliteration:bakah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:baw-kaw'
Meaning:1. to weep 2. (generally) to bemoan
KJV Renderings:X at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, X more, mourn, X sore, X with tears, weep.

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בָּכָה114 verb weep, bewail (Arabic [untranscribed source text 590], Aramaic בְּכָא, [untranscribed source text 591], Assyrian bakû ZimBP 23, 56, Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 592]) —

Qal Perfect ׳ בּ Gen 43:14; Hos 12:5 וּבָֽכְתָה consecutive Deut 21:13 בָּכִ֫יתִּי Job 30:25, etc.; Imperfect וַיֵּבְךְ Gen 37:35 + 16 t. (וַיֵּבְךְּ Gen 27:28 etc.); 3 feminine singular תִּבְכֶּה 1Sam 1:10 + 2 t.; וַתִּבְכֶּה 1Sam 1:7, וַתֵּבְךְּ Gen 21:16 (where ᵐ5 masculine compare Di) + 4 t.; 2 masculine singular תִּבְכֶּה Isa 30:19; Ezek 24:16 וַתִּבְכֶּה 2Kgs 22:19, וַתֵּבְךְּ 2Sam 12:21; 2Chr 34:27 2 feminine singular תִּבְכִּי 1Sam 1:8 אֶבְכֶּה Judg 11:37 + 4 t.; וָאֶבְכֶּה 2Sam 12:22 + 2 t.; יִבְכּוּ Lev 10:6 + 3 t.; יִבְכָּי֑וּן Job 31:38; Isa 33:7 3 feminine plural תִּבְכֶּינָה Job 27:15; Ps 78:64 ׳ וַתִּב Ruth 1:9; Ruth 1:14, etc.; Imperative plural בְּכוּ Jer 22:10; Joel 1:5 בְּכֶינָה 2Sam 1:24 Infinitive absolute בָּכוֺ Isa 30:19 + 3 t. + Mic 1:10 (where read בְּעַכּוֺ, see עכו); בָּכֹה 1Sam 1:10 + 3 t.; construct לִבְכּוֺת Gen 43:30 + 3 t.; לִבְכֹּתָהּ Gen 23:2 Participle בֹּכֶה (בּוֺכֶה) Exod 2:6 + 6 t.; feminine singular בּוֺכִיָּה Lam 1:16 plural בֹּכִים (׳ בּו) Ezra 3:12 +, etc.; —
1. weep (in grief, humiliation, or joy), absolute Gen 42:24; Gen 43:30 (twice in verse); Exod 2:6; Num 11:4; Num 11:10; Num 14:1; 1Sam 1:7; 1Sam 1:8; 1Sam 1:10; 1Sam 11:5; 1Sam 30:4 (twice in verse); 2Sam 1:12; 2Sam 3:16; 2Sam 13:36 ; 2Sam 15:30 (twice in verse); 2Sam 19:1; 2Sam 19:2; 2Kgs 8:11; 2Kgs 8:12; Isa 30:19 (twice in verse); Jer 41:6; Jer 50:4; Ezek 24:16 ; Ezek 24:23 ; Lam 1:2; Zech 7:3; Joel 1:5; Joel 2:17; Ps 78:64; Ps 126:6 compare Ps 69:11 (but on text see Che) Job 27:15; Eccl 3:4 (opposed to laugh שׂחק) Ezra 10:1; Neh 8:9 ; Esth 8:3 once with inanimate subject Job 31:38 ׳ תְּלָמֶיהָ יִב its furrows weep; on Neh 1:4 יָשַׁבְתִּי וָאֶבְכֶּה compare Assyrian attašab abakî , Flood130 ed. Dl Gu§ 77 HptBAS i. 145; of loud weeping נָשָׂא ׳ הַקּוֺל וַיִּב Gen 21:16; Gen 27:38; Gen 29:11; Judg 2:4; Judg 21:2; 1Sam 11:4; 1Sam 24:17; 2Sam 3:32; 2Sam 13:36 ; Job 2:12 ; Ruth 1:9; Ruth 1:14, compare ׳ בְּאָזְנֵי י ׳ בּ Num 11:18, also Job 30:31 .
2. with accusative cognate בְּכִי Judg 21:2; 2Sam 13:36; 2Kgs 20:3 = Isa 38:3, compare בִּבְכִי Isa 16:9, מִבְּכִי Jer 48:32, & חַרְבֶּה בֶּכֶה ׳ בּ Ezra 10:1 followed by קוֺל גָּדוֺל 2Sam 15:33, compare בקול גדול ׳ בּ Ezra 3:12 weep bitterly ׳ מַר יִב Isa 33:7 also with infinitive absolute weep intensely, grievously 1Sam 1:10; Jer 22:10; Lam 1:2, compare Isa 30:19 & Mic 1:10 (but on text see above)
3. followed by עַל weep upon, i.e. embrace and weep, עַלצֿואריו Gen 45:14; Gen 46:29 compare Gen 45:15; Gen 50:1 also עַלפָּֿנָיו ׳ בּ 2Kgs 13:14 see further Gen 33:4 ; Gen 45:14 & וַיִּבְכּוּ אִישׁ אֶתרֵֿעֵהוּ 1Sam 20:41 also followed by עַל weep over, for Judg 11:37; Judg 11:38; 2Sam 3:34; Lam 1:16 followed by אֶלֹֿ 2Sam 1:24; 2Sam 3:32; Ezek 27:31 followed by לְ Jer 22:10; Jer 48:32; Job 30:25 followed by מִפְּנִי because of Jer 13:17 followed by temporal clause (of occasion of weeping) Gen 50:17; Ps 137:1; Neh 8:9.
4. followed by accusative bewail Gen 23:2; Gen 37:35; Gen 50:3; Lev 10:6; Num 20:29; Deut 21:13; Deut 34:8; Jer 8:23, compare Isa 16:9.
5. followed by עַל in sense of burden, annoy with weeping Num 11:13; Judg 14:16; Judg 14:17 compare לִפְנֵי Num 11:20.
6. ׳ לִפְנֵי י ׳ בּ of penitent weeping Judg 20:23 (compare Be; see also Judg 21:2) Deut 1:45; 2Kgs 22:19; 2Chr 34:27, compare also Num 25:6 joined with fasting Judg 20:26; 2Sam 12:21; 2Sam 12:22 compare Ezra 10:1 so of weeping in anxious entreaty Hos 4:5 on participle as proper name Judg 2:1 ; Judg 2:5 see בֹּכִים below
Pi`el Participle feminine singular מְבַכָּה lament Jer 31:25 followed by עַל; bewail, plural מְבַכּוֺת followed by accusative Ezek 8:14.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בכה (bah-chah’)

Numbers 11:18

KJV: And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
EHCC: ye have wp ts eae of

Deuteronomy 21:13

KJV: And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
EHCC: and bewail her father and her mother

Ezra 10:1

KJV: Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.wept…: Heb. wept a great weeping
EHCC: for the people wept very sore. |

Job 30:26

KJV: When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
EHCC: Did not 1 weep

Genesis 23:2

KJV: And Sarah died in Kirjath–arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
EHCC: to mourn for Sarah, and fo weep for Aer.

Genesis 43:30

KJV: And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
EHCC: he sought (where) to weep; .

Genesis 30:4

KJV: And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
EHCC: had no more power to weep.

Psalms 126:6

KJV: He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.precious…: or, seed basket
EHCC: He that goeth foreh aad weepeth,

Isaiah 30:19

KJV: For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
EHCC: thou shalt weep no more: (lit. weepin,

Jeremiah 22:10

KJV: weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
EHCC: weep sore for him that goeth away: (lit

Micah 1:10

KJV: Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.Aphrah: that is, Dust
EHCC: weep ye not at all: (lit. weeping ye shal

Jeremiah 22:10

KJV: weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
EHCC: weep sore for him that igoeth .

Joel 1:5

KJV: Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
EHCC: Awake, ye drunkards, and weep;

Genesis 21:16

KJV: And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
EHCC: lift up her voice, and wept.

Genesis 46:29

KJV: And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
EHCC: and wept on his neck

Leviticus 10:6

KJV: And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled.
EHCC: 64 your brethren, the whole house of

Deuteronomy 1:45

KJV: And ye returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
EHCC: and wept before the Lord ;

Deuteronomy 20:23

EHCC: and wept before the Lord

Ruth 1:9

KJV: The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
EHCC: 14. lifted up their voice, and wept.

Ruth 2:41

EHCC: end wept one with another,

Ruth 16:33

EHCC: (19:1).to the chamber over the gate, and

Ruth 13:14

EHCC: and wept over his face,

Job 2:12

KJV: And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
EHCC: they lifted up their voice, and wept ;

Jeremiah 9:1

KJV: Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!Oh…: Heb. Who will give my head, etc
EHCC: (8:23). that J might weep day and night

Jeremiah 22:10

KJV: weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
EHCC: Weep ye not for the dead,

Jeremiah 48:32

KJV: O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
EHCC: 7 Te weep for thee with the weeping of

Joel 2:17

KJV: Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?rule over: or, use a byword against
EHCC: Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord,

Zechariah 7:3

KJV: And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
EHCC: Shi 7 weep in the fifth month,

Exodus 2:6

KJV: And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
EHCC: behold, the babe wept,

Numbers 11:10

KJV: Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
EHCC: Moses heard the people weep

Numbers 25:6

KJV: And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
EHCC: סחא (were) weeping (before) the door

Judges 2:1

KJV: And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.angel: or, messenger
EHCC: came up from Gilgal to Bochim,

2 Samuel 15:23

KJV: And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.Kidron: Gr. Cedron
EHCC: all the country wept

2 Samuel 19:1

KJV: And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
EHCC: (2), Behol , the king

2 Kings 8:12

KJV: And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
EHCC: Why weepeth my lord?

Ezra 3:12

KJV: But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
EHCC: wept with a loud voice;

Nehemiah 8:9

KJV: And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.the Tirshatha: or, the governor
EHCC: For all the people wept,

Job 30:31

KJV: My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
EHCC: the voice of them that weep.

Jeremiah 41:6

KJV: And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.weeping…: Heb. in going and weeping
EHCC: weepiny all along as he went: (marg. in

Lamentations 1:16

KJV: For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.relieve: Heb. bring back
EHCC: For these (things) I weep;

Jeremiah 31:15

KJV: Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
EHCC: Rahel ing for her children כ
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