בִּקְעָה
biqʻâh · bik-aw'
properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1234 (בָּקַע);
properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: plain, valley.
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
- 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 › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to see and know › to reveal, behold
The house, what is within of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to see and know that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בִּקְעָה 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the valley4 · 20%
- of the valley2 · 10%
- in the plain2 · 10%
- into the plain2 · 10%
- a plain1 · 5%
- of valleys1 · 5%
- and valleys1 · 5%
- and unto the valley1 · 5%
- by the valleys1 · 5%
- plain1 · 5%
- of the valleys1 · 5%
- into the valley1 · 5%
- valley1 · 5%
- from the plain1 · 5%
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.