בָּקַע
bâqaʻ · baw-kah'
to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
- to cleave
- generally, to rend, break, rip or open
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: make a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to see and know
The house, what is within of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּקַע 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
51 occurrences · 51 OT · 0 NT · 48 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was broken up3 · 10%
- brake through2 · 7%
- thou didst cleave2 · 7%
- broken up1 · 3%
- and clave1 · 3%
- and divide1 · 3%
- were divided1 · 3%
- clave asunder1 · 3%
- and rent1 · 3%
- and, behold, they be rent1 · 3%
- clave1 · 3%
- and they clave1 · 3%
- rent1 · 3%
- and tare1 · 3%
- to break through1 · 3%
- and rip up1 · 3%
- he ripped up1 · 3%
- and brake1 · 3%
- that they all were broken in pieces1 · 3%
- to win1 · 3%
- and thou didst divide1 · 3%
- is not rent1 · 3%
- he cutteth out1 · 3%
- it is ready to burst1 · 3%
- he divided1 · 3%
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.