Strong's Lexicon

H1233

H1233 — בְּקִיַע

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

Hebrewbqiyanoun mascOccurrences: 2TWOT: 271c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1233
Word:בְּקִיַע
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H1234
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:bqiya
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:` (bek-ee'-ah) n-m.
Meaning:1. a fissure
KJV Renderings:breach, cleft.

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BDB1283

[בְּקִיעַ, בָּקִיעַ] noun [masculine] fissure, breach, Amos 6:11 בְּקִעִים, into which the small house is to be smitten (|| רְסִיסִים); בְּקִיעֵי עִירדָּֿוִד Isa 22:9.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בְּקיע (b'kee'dB)

Psalms 74:15

KJV: Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.mighty…: Heb. rivers of strength
EHCC: Thou didst cleave the fountain

Psalms 78:13

KJV: He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
EHCC: He divided the sea,

Isaiah 34:15

KJV: There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
EHCC: make her nest, and lay, and Aatch,

Ezekiel 29:7

KJV: When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
EHCC: and rend all their shoulder:

2 Chronicles 32:1

KJV: After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.to win…: Heb. to break them up
EHCC: thought to win them for himself. (marg. ta

Exodus 14:16

KJV: But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
EHCC: over the sea, and divide it:

Genesis 7:11

KJV: In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.windows: or, floodgates
EHCC: mere all the fountains of the great deep

Zechariah 14:4

KJV: And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
EHCC: and the mount of Olives shail cleave

Exodus 14:2

KJV: Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi–hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal–zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
EHCC: aad the waters were divided.

Numbers 16:31

KJV: And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
EHCC: that the ground clave asunder

1 Kings 1:40

KJV: And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.pipes: or, flutes
EHCC: 20 that the earth rent

Job 32:19

KJV: Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.hath…: Heb. is not opened
EHCC: it is ready to burst like new bottles.

2 Kings 15:16

KJV: Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
EHCC: that were with child he ripped up.

Job 23:10

KJV: But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.that…: Heb. that is with me
EHCC: He eutteth out rivers

2 Kings 2:24

KJV: And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
EHCC: and tare forty and two children

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: and rip wp their women with child.

Ezekiel 13:1

KJV: And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
EHCC: stormy wind shall rend (it).

Habakkuk 3:9

KJV: Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.earth…: or, rivers of the earth
EHCC: Thow didst cleave the earth

Joshua 9:4

KJV: They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
EHCC: wine bottles, old, and rent,

2 Kings 3:26

KJV: And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
EHCC: that drew swords, to break through

Micah 1:4

KJV: And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.a steep…: Heb. a descent
EHCC: the valleys shall be cleft,

Genesis 24:22

KJV: And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;earring: or, jewel for the forehead
EHCC: a golden earring of half a shekel weight,
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