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Lexicon :: Strong's H1234 - bāqaʿ

Aa
בָּקַע
Transliteration
bāqaʿ
Pronunciation
baw-kah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 271

Strong’s Definitions

בָּקַע bâqaʻ, baw-kah'; a primitive root; to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open:—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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x

The KJV translates Strong's H1234 in the following manner: cleave (10x), ...up (9x), divide (5x), rent (4x), ... out (3x), break through (3x), rend (3x), breach (2x), asunder (2x), hatch (2x), brake (1x), burst (1x), cleft (1x), break forth (1x), pieces (1x), tare (1x), tear (1x), win (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x
The KJV translates Strong's H1234 in the following manner: cleave (10x), ...up (9x), divide (5x), rent (4x), ... out (3x), break through (3x), rend (3x), breach (2x), asunder (2x), hatch (2x), brake (1x), burst (1x), cleft (1x), break forth (1x), pieces (1x), tare (1x), tear (1x), win (1x).

  1. to split, cleave, break open, divide, break through, rip up, break up, tear

    1. (Qal)

      1. to cleave, cleave open

      2. to break through, break into

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be cleft, be rent open, be split open

      2. to be broken into

    3. (Piel)

      1. to cleave, cut to pieces, rend open

      2. to break through, break down

    4. (Pual)

      1. to be ripped open, be torn open

      2. to be rent

      3. to be broken into

    5. (Hiphil)

      1. to break into

      2. to break through

    6. (Hophal) to be broken into

    7. (Hithpael) to burst (themselves) open, cleave asunder

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּקַע bâqaʻ, baw-kah'; a primitive root; to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open:—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.
STRONGS H1234: Abbreviations
† בָּקַע verb cleave, break open or through (Late Hebrew id., MI15 מבקע השחרת from break of dawn; Aramaic בְּקַע; compare Ethiopic በቍዐ፡ profit, be useful, originally findere, aperire, Di) —
Qal Perfect בָּקַע Psalm 78:13, בָּֽקְעָה Isaiah 34:15, בָּקַעְתָּ Nehemiah 9:11; Psalm 74:15, וּבָֽקַעְתָּ֫ Ezekiel 29:7; Imperfect וַיִּבְקַע Judges 15:19; Isaiah 48:21, וַיִּבְקְעוּ 2 Samuel 23:16 = 1 Chronicles 11:18, וַיִּ בְקָעוּהָ 2 Chronicles 21:17; Imperative וּבְקָעֵהוּ Exodus 14:16; Infinitive construct suffix בִּקְעָם Amos 1:13; 2 Chronicles 32:1; Participle active בּוֺקֵעַ Isaiah 63:12; Ecclesiastes 10:9, בֹּקֵעַ Psalm 141:7; —
1. cleave, cleave open, followed by accusative, Judges 15:19 God cleft open the hollow (הַמֵּכְתֵּשׁ), and water came out, compare Isaiah 48:21 (object צוּר), also Psalm 74:15 bring forth by cleaving, object מַעְיָן יָנָחַ֑ל, all three of divine operation; cleave or rip open pregnant women Amos 1:13; of a broken staff, tearing the shoulder Ezekiel 29:7 (but read כַּף hand for כָּתֵף, Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Sm (?) Co); cleave wood Ecclesiastes 10:9 (|| מַסִּיעַ אֲבָנִים); of ploughing (furrowing) the earth Psalm 141:7 (|| מֹּלֵחֵ; in simile); especially of dividing the sea, Exodus 14:16 (P) Nehemiah 9:11; Psalm 78:13, compare Isaiah 63:12, object מַיִם; — in all these subject י׳ except Exodus 14:16 where he commands Moses; of hatching out (a brood, but no object expressed) Isaiah 34:15, subject קִפּוֹן arrow-snake.
2. break through or into, followed by בְּ 2 Samuel 23:16 = 1 Chronicles 11:18; followed by accusative 2 Chronicles 21:17 וַיַעֲלוּ בִיהוּדָה וֵיִבְקָעוּהָ; also 2 Chronicles 32:1, object suffix reference to cities, ויאמר לְבִקְעָם אֵלָיו and he thought to break into them and so bring them unto himself.
Niph. Perfect נִבְקַע Job 26:8; Zechariah 14:4 (וְ consecutive); נִבְקְעוּ Genesis 7:11; Isaiah 35:6, נִבְקָ֑עוּ 2 Chronicles 25:11; Proverbs 3:20; Imperfect יִבָּקַע Isaiah 58:8, יִבֵָּק֑עַ Job 32:19; 3rd person feminine singular תִּבָּקַע Isaiah 59:5, וַתִּבָּקַע Numbers 16:31 + 3 times; Infinitive construct לְהִבָּקֵעַ Ezekiel 30:16; —
1. be cleft, rent open, subject the ground, הָֽאֲדָמָה Numbers 16:31 (J), הָאָרֶץ 1 Kings 1:40 (hyperb.); mountain Zechariah 14:4; burst open, of men hurled from rock 2 Chronicles 25:12; of cloud beneath its weight of water Job 26:8; hyperb. of belly full of words seeking a vent, Job 32:19 like new wine-skins it will burst open; so of the water-receptacles (מעינות) of the great deep, at the flood Genesis 7:11; of the water-masses themselves, תהומות Proverbs 3:20, מים ונהלים Isaiah 35:6; also of the Red Sea, וַיִבָּקְעוּ המים Exodus 14:21; of light breaking forth Isaiah 58:8 (figurative); of serpent's egg hatching out as a viper Isaiah 59:5 הַזּוּרֶה תִּבָּקַע אֶפְעֶה.
2. be broken into, of city captured by breaches in walls 2 Kings 25:4 = Jeremiah 52:7; Ezekiel 30:16.
Pi. Perfect בִּקֵּעַ 2 Kings 15:16; Job 28:10, וּבִקַּעְתִּ֫י Ezekiel 13:13, בִּקֵּ֑עוּ Isaiah 59:5; Imperfect יְבַקַּע Psalm 78:15, וַיְבַקַּע Genesis 22:3; 3rd person feminine singular תְּבַקֵּעַ Ezekiel 13:11, תְּבַקְּעֵם Hosea 13:8; 2nd person masculine singular תְּבַקַּע־ Habakkuk 3:9, תְּבַקֵּ֑עַ 2 Kings 8:12; 2nd person feminine plural וַתְּבַקַּעְנָה 2 Kings 2:24; — cleave, cut to pieces, or rend open (often more complete or more violent than Qal), followed by accusative, of cleaving wood Genesis 22:3 i.e. cut it up for burning, so 1 Samuel 6:14; of ripping open pregnant women 2 Kings 8:12; 2 Kings 15:16; of tearing in pieces children 2 Kings 2:24; compare also Hosea 13:8 (figurative); of cleaving open rocks, to bring forth water Psalm 78:15 (subject God); of cutting mining-shafts Job 28:10 בַּצּוּרוֺת יְאֹרִים בּ׳; נְהָרוֺת תְּבַקַּע־אָ֑רֶץ Habakkuk 3:9 into rivers thou cleavest (the) earth; break through or down (a wall, but no object expressed), Ezekiel 13:11 רוּחַ סְעָרוֺת תְּבֵַקּ֑עַ (but Co תִּבָּקֵעַ), compare Ezekiel 13:13 וּבִקַּעְתִּי רוּחַ סְעָרוֺת בַחֲמָתִי; of hatching eggs Isaiah 59:5 בֵּיצֵי צִפְעוֺנִי בִֵּקּ֑עוּ (figurative).
Pu. Imperfect יְבָֻקּ֑עוּ Hosea 14:1; Participle מְבֻקָּעָה Ezekiel 26:10, מְבֻקָּעִים Joshua 9:4; — be ripped open, of women Hosea 14:1 (verb of masculine form); rent, of old wine-skins Joshua 9:4; broken into, of a city in whose walls a breach has been made Ezekiel 26:10.
Hiph. Imperfect 1st person plural suffix וְנַבְקִעֶנָּה Isaiah 7:6; Infinitive construct לְהַבְקִיעַ 2 Kings 3:26; — break into, followed by suffix reference to Judah, Isaiah 7:6 אֵלֵינוּ ונב׳ let us break into it, lay it open, and so bring it unto ourselves (compare Qal 2 Chronicles 32:1); break through (absolute) with sword, שֹׁלֵף חֶרֶבּ לְהַבְקִיעַ אֶל־מֶלֶךְאֱדוֺם 2 Kings 3:26.
Hoph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הָבְקְעָה הָעִיר Jeremiah 39:2 the city was broken into, entrance was made by a breach.
Hithp. Perfect הִתְכַָּקּ֑עוּ Joshua 9:13, Imperfect יִתְבּקָּ֑עוּ Micah 1:4; — burst (themselves) open, of wine-skins Joshua 9:13; cleave asunder, of valleys Micah 1:4.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:11; 7:11; 22:3; 22:3

Exodus

14:16; 14:16; 14:16; 14:21

Numbers

16:31; 16:31

Joshua

9:4; 9:4; 9:13; 9:13

Judges

15:19; 15:19

1 Samuel

6:14

2 Samuel

23:16; 23:16

1 Kings

1:40

2 Kings

2:24; 2:24; 3:26; 3:26; 8:12; 8:12; 15:16; 15:16; 25:4

1 Chronicles

11:18; 11:18

2 Chronicles

21:17; 21:17; 25:11; 25:12; 32:1; 32:1; 32:1

Nehemiah

9:11; 9:11

Job

26:8; 26:8; 28:10; 28:10; 32:19; 32:19

Psalms

74:15; 74:15; 78:13; 78:13; 78:15; 78:15; 141:7; 141:7

Proverbs

3:20; 3:20

Ecclesiastes

10:9; 10:9

Isaiah

7:6; 7:6; 34:15; 34:15; 35:6; 35:6; 48:21; 48:21; 58:8; 58:8; 59:5; 59:5; 59:5; 59:5; 63:12; 63:12

Jeremiah

39:2; 52:7

Ezekiel

13:11; 13:11; 13:13; 13:13; 26:10; 26:10; 29:7; 29:7; 30:16; 30:16

Hosea

13:8; 13:8; 14:1; 14:1

Amos

1:13; 1:13

Micah

1:4; 1:4

Habakkuk

3:9; 3:9

Zechariah

14:4; 14:4

H1234

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Strong's Number H1234 matches the Hebrew בָּקַע (bāqaʿ),
which occurs 51 times in 50 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - And Abraham got up early in the morning, and made ready his ass, and took with him two of his young men and Isaac, his son, and after the wood for the burned offering had been cut, he went on his way to the place of which God had given him word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:16 - And let your rod be lifted up and your hand stretched out over the sea, and it will be parted in two; and the children of Israel will go through on dry land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:21 - And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, the Lord with a strong east wind made the sea go back all night, and the waters were parted in two and the sea became dry land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:31 - And while these words were on his lips, the earth under them was parted in two;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:4 - Acting with deceit, got food together as if for a long journey; and took old food-bags for their asses, and old and cracked wine-skins kept together with cord;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:13 - And these wine-skins were new when we put the wine in them, and now they are cracked as you see; and our clothing and our shoes have become old because of our very long journey here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:19 - Then God made a crack in the hollow rock in Lehi and water came out of it; and after drinking, his spirit came back to him and he was strong again; so that place was named En-hakkore; it is in Lehi to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:14 - And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and came to a stop there by a great stone: and cutting up the wood of the cart they made a burned offering of the cows to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - And the three men, forcing their way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David: but he would not take it, but, draining it out, made an offering of it to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40 - And all the people came up after him, piping with pipes, and they were glad with great joy, so that the earth was shaking with the sound.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24 - And turning back, he saw them, and put a curse on them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the wood and put forty-two of the children to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:26 - And when the king of Moab saw that the fight was going against him, he took with him seven hundred men armed with swords, with the idea of forcing a way through to the king of Aram, but they were not able to do so.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - And Hazael said, Why is my lord weeping? Then he said in answer, Because I see the evil which you will do to the children of Israel: burning down their strong towns, putting their young men to death with the sword, smashing their little ones against the stones, and cutting open the women who are with child.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:16 - Then Menahem sent destruction on Tappuah and all the people in it, and its limits, from Tirzah, because they would not let him come in; and he had all the women who were with child cut open.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - So an opening was made in the wall of the town, and all the men of war went in flight by night through the doorway between the two walls which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldaeans were stationed round the town:) and the king went by the way of the Arabah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - So the three, forcing a way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David; but David would not take it, but made an offering of it, draining it out to the Lord,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:17 - And they came up against Judah, forcing a way into it, and took away all the goods in the king's house, as well as his sons and his wives; so that he had no son but only Jehoahaz, the youngest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:12 - And ten thousand more the children of Israel took living, and made them go up to the top of the rock, pushing them down from the top of the rock so that their bodies were broken by the fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:1 - Now after these things and this true-hearted work, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came into Judah, and put his army in position before the walled towns of Judah, designing to make his way into them by force.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:11 - By you the sea was parted before them, so that they went through the sea on dry land; and those who went after them went down into the deep, like a stone into great waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 - By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:10 - He makes deep ways, cut through the rock, and his eye sees everything of value.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:19 - My stomach is like wine which is unable to get out; like skins full of new wine, it is almost burst.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:15 - You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:13 - The sea was cut in two so that they might go through; the waters were massed together on this side and on that.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 - The rocks of the waste land were broken by his power, and he gave them drink as out of the deep waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:7 - Our bones are broken up at the mouth of the underworld, as the earth is broken by the plough.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:20 - By his knowledge the deep was parted, and dew came dropping from the skies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:9 - He who gets out stones from the earth will be damaged by them, and in the cutting of wood there is danger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:6 - Let us go up against Judah, troubling her, and forcing our way into her, and let us put up a king in her, even the son of Tabeel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:15 - The arrowsnake will make her hole and put her eggs there, and get her young together under her shade: there the hawks will come together by twos.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 - Then will the feeble-footed be jumping like a roe, and the voice which was stopped will be loud in song: for in the waste land streams will be bursting out, and waters in the dry places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:21 - They had no need of water when he was guiding them through the waste lands: he made water come out of the rock for them: the rock was parted and the waters came flowing out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8 - Then will light be shining on you like the morning, and your wounds will quickly be well: and your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will come after you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:5 - They give birth to snake's eggs, and make spider's threads: whoever takes their eggs for food comes to his death, and the egg which is crushed becomes a poison-snake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:12 - He who made the arm of his glory go at the right hand of Moses, by whom the waters were parted before them, to make himself an eternal name;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:2 - In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the town was broken into:)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:7 - Then an opening was made in the wall of the town, and all the men of war went in flight out of the town by night through the doorway between the two walls which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldaeans were stationed round the town:) and they went by the way of the Arabah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:11 - Say to those who put whitewash on it, There will be an overflowing shower; and you, O ice-drops, will come raining down; and it will be broken in two by the storm-wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13 - For this reason, the Lord has said: I will have it broken in two by a storm-wind in my passion; and there will be an overflowing shower in my wrath, and you, O ice-drops, will come raining angrily down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:10 - Because of the number of his horses you will be covered with their dust: your walls will be shaking at the noise of the horsemen and of the wheels and of the war-carriages, when he comes through your doorways, as into a town which has been broken open.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:7 - When they took a grip of you in their hands, you were crushed so that their arms were broken: and when they put their weight on you for support, you were broken and all their muscles gave way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:16 - And I will put a fire in Egypt; Syene will be twisting in pain, and No will be broken into, as by the onrush of waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:8 - I will come face to face with them like a bear whose young ones have been taken from her, and their inmost hearts will be broken; there the dogs will make a meal of them; they will be wounded by the beasts of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:16 - Samaria will be made waste, for she has gone against her God: they will be cut down by the sword, their little children will be broken on the rocks, their women who are with child will be cut open.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:13 - These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because in Gilead they had women with child cut open, so that they might make wider the limits of their land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:4 - And the mountains will be turned to water under him, and the deep valleys will be broken open, like wax before the fire, like waters flowing down a slope.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:9 - Your bow was quite uncovered. Selah. By you the earth was cut through with rivers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4 - And in that day his feet will be on the Mount of Olives, which is opposite Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives will be parted in the middle to the east and to the west, forming a very great valley; and half the mountain will be moved to the north and half of it to the south.
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