Strong's Concordance/Hebrew/H1234

Strong's H1234 · Hebrew

בָּקַע

bâqaʻ · /baw-kah'/

Number
H1234
Language
Hebrew
Original word
בָּקַע
Transliteration
bâqaʻ
Pronunciation
baw-kah'
KJV occurrences
50 verses

Definition

to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open

KJV: 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.

Root / derivation: a primitive root;

KJV usage breakdown

How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered בָּקַע across 50 verses.

up9×
clave5×
rent4×
cleave3×
out3×
rend3×
through3×
asunder2×
breach2×
cleaveth2×
divide2×
divided2×
hatch2×
brake1×

Every occurrence (KJV)

50 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.

Genesis2 verses
Exodus2 verses
Numbers1 verse
Joshua2 verses
Judges1 verse
1 Samuel1 verse
2 Samuel1 verse
1 Kings1 verse
2 Kings5 verses
2 Kings 2:24

And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

2 Kings 3:26

And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.

2 Kings 8:12

And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

2 Kings 15:16

Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.

2 Kings 25:4

And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.

1 Chronicles1 verse
2 Chronicles3 verses
Nehemiah1 verse
Job3 verses
Psalms4 verses
Proverbs1 verse
Ecclesiastes1 verse
Isaiah7 verses
Isaiah 7:6

Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: vex: or, waken

Isaiah 34:15

There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.

Isaiah 35:6

Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

Isaiah 48:21

And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

Isaiah 58:8

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward. be: Heb. gather thee up

Isaiah 59:5

They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. cockatrice': or, adder's crushed: or, sprinkled is as if there brake out a viper

Isaiah 63:12

That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

Jeremiah2 verses
Ezekiel5 verses
Ezekiel 13:11

Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.

Ezekiel 13:13

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.

Ezekiel 26:10

By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. as men: Heb. according to the enterings of a city broken up

Ezekiel 29:7

When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

Ezekiel 30:16

And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.

Hosea2 verses
Amos1 verse
Micah1 verse
Habakkuk1 verse
Zechariah1 verse

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Frequently asked questions

What does Strong's H1234 (bâqaʻ) mean?

to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open

How many times does H1234 appear in the Bible?

Strong's H1234 (בָּקַע) appears in 50 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “up.”

How is bâqaʻ translated in the KJV?

In the KJV, Strong's H1234 is rendered as “up” (9×), “clave” (5×), “rent” (4×), “cleave” (3×), among other words.

Where does the Hebrew word בָּקַע come from?

a primitive root;