Strong's Lexicon

H1237

H1237 — בִּקעָה

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

Hebrewbiq`ahnoun femOccurrences: 20TWOT: 271b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1237
Word:בִּקעָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H1234
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:20
Transliteration:biq`ah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:bik-aw'
Meaning:1. (properly) a split 2. a wide level valley between mountains
KJV Renderings:plain, valley.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1282

בִּקְעָה noun feminine valley (cleft), plain — absolute ׳ ב Gen 11:2 + 8 t.; construct בִּקְעַת Deut 34:3 + 7 t.; plural בְּקָעוֺת Isa 41:18; Ps 104:8 בְּקָעֹת Deut 11:11

1. valley (opposed to הַר mountain) Deut 8:7; Deut 11:11 compare Isa 41:18 also Isa 63:14 כַּבְּהֵמָה בַּבִּקְעָח תֵרֵד; in creation-poem Ps 104:8 יַעֲלוּ הָרִים יֵ˜רְדוּ בְקָעוֺת.
2. plain (sometimes valley-plain, broad valley) Gen 11:2 also Ezek 3:22; Ezek 3:23; Ezek 8:4; Ezek 37:1; Ezek 37:2 (׳ עַלפְּֿבֵי הַבּ) as level, opposed to הָֽרְכָּ סִים Isa 40:4 (|| מִישׁוֺר); elsewhere construct mostly with proper name Deut 34:3 יְרֵחוֺ ׳ ב (appositive הַכִּכָּר), מִצְפֶה ׳ ב Josh 11:8, הַלְּבָנוֺן ׳ ב Josh 11:17; Josh 12:7, מִגִדּוֺ ׳ ב 2Chr 35:22 compare Zech 12:11, אוֺנוֺ ׳ ב Neh 6:2 אָֿוֶן ׳ ב Amos 1:5 plain of idolatry = Baalbek (Damascus, according to Wetzst in DeJes 3, 702; ᵐ5 πέδιον Ὤη).


BDB9384

[בְּקְעָא] noun feminine plain ( ᵑ7 ; Biblical Hebrew בְּקְעָה, √ בקע; compare Syriac [untranscribed source text 5945], √ [untranscribed source text 5946]); — construct בְבִקְעַת דּוּרָא Dan 3:1.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בקעה (bik-kah’)

Concordance entry

EHCC: Dan 3: סמ.1 set it up in the plain of Durs,
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