BDB975
בּוּקָה noun feminine emptiness, Nah 2:11 בּוּקה וּמְבוּקָה וּמְבֻלָּקֱה emptiness and void and waste.
Strong's Lexicon
H950
H950 — בּוּקָה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H950 |
|---|---|
| Word: | בּוּקָה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | feminine passive participle of an unused root (meaning to be hollow) |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | buwqah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | boo-kaw' |
| Meaning: | 1. emptiness (as adjective) |
| KJV Renderings: | empty. |
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Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
בוקה (boo-kah’)
Nahum 2:10
- KJV: She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
- EHCC: (11). She is empty, and void, NaS
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