בָּכָה
bâkâh · baw-kaw'
to weep; generally to bemoan
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to weep; generally to bemoan
- to weep
- generally, to bemoan
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, [idiom] more, mourn, [idiom] sore, [idiom] with tears, weep.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the open hand that covers › to reveal, behold
The house, what is within of the open hand that covers that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּכָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
114 occurrences · 114 OT · 0 NT · 88 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and wept28 · 34%
- wept17 · 21%
- weeping4 · 5%
- weep4 · 5%
- and weep3 · 4%
- sore3 · 4%
- nor weep2 · 2%
- and bewail2 · 2%
- to weep2 · 2%
- shall weep2 · 2%
- where to weep1 · 1%
- and she wept1 · 1%
- from them, and wept1 · 1%
- mourned1 · 1%
- and they wept1 · 1%
- who were weeping1 · 1%
- they mourned1 · 1%
- you, and have wept1 · 1%
- for ye have wept1 · 1%
- for they weep1 · 1%
- also wept1 · 1%
- and bewailed1 · 1%
- bewail1 · 1%
- and wept again1 · 1%
- and to weep1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.