בָּקַק
bâqaq · baw-kah'
to pour out, i.e. to empty, figuratively, to depopulate; by analogy, to spread out (as a fruitful vine)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to pour out, i.e. to empty, figuratively, to depopulate; by analogy, to spread out (as a fruitful vine)
- to pour out, i.e. to empty, figuratively, to depopulate
- by analogy, to spread out (as a fruitful vine)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (make) empty (out), fail, [idiom] utterly, make void.
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
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › what comes behind, the returning cycle › what comes behind, the returning cycle
The house, what is within of what comes behind, the returning cycle of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּקַק 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall fail1 · 11%
- empty1 · 11%
- shall be utterly1 · 11%
- emptied1 · 11%
- and i will make void1 · 11%
- her, and shall empty1 · 11%
- is an empty1 · 11%
- for the emptiers1 · 11%
- have emptied them out1 · 11%
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.