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Lexicon :: Strong's H1234 - bāqaʿ

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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

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, on this day all the fountains of the great deep split H1234 open H1234, and the [fn]floodgates of the sky were opened.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son; and he split H1234 wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:16 - “As for you, raise up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and split H1234 it, and the sons of Israel shall [fn]go through the midst of the sea on dry land.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:21 -

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Yahweh [fn]swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea into dry ground, so the waters were split H1234.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:31 -

And it happened that as he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split H1234 open H1234;

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:4 - So they also acted craftily and went and traveled as envoys and took worn-out sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins worn-out and torn H1234 and [fn]mended,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:13 - “And these wineskins which we filled were new, and behold, they are torn H1234; and these clothes of ours and our sandals are worn out because of the very long journey.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:19 - So God split H1234 the hollow place that is in Lehi and water came out of it. Then he drank, and his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore he named it [fn]En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:14 - And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite and stood there, and a large stone was there; and they split H1234 the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - So the three mighty men broke H1234 through H1234 the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and carried it and brought it to David. Nevertheless, he was not willing to drink it, but poured it out to Yahweh;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40 - And all the people went up after him, and the people [fn]were playing on flutes and were glad with great gladness, so that the earth [fn]shook H1234 at their sound.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24 - Then he looked behind him and saw them. And he cursed them in the name of Yahweh. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore H1234 up H1234 forty-two lads of [fn]their number.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:26 - Then the king of Moab saw that the battle was too strong for him, so he took with him 700 men who drew swords, to break H1234 through H1234 to the king of Edom; but they could not.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - Then Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” Then he said, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel: their fortifications you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword, and their infants you will dash in pieces, and their pregnant women you will rip H1234 up H1234.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:16 - Then Menahem struck Tiphsah and all who were in it and its borders from Tirzah, because they did not open to him; therefore he struck it and ripped H1234 up H1234 all its pregnant women.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - Then the city was broken H1234 into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls beside the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And [fn]they went by way of the Arabah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - So the three broke H1234 through H1234 the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and carried it and brought it to David. Nevertheless, David was not willing to drink it, but poured it out to Yahweh;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:17 - and they went up against Judah and invaded H1234 it, and carried away all the possessions found in the king’s house together with his sons and his wives, so that no son was left to him except [fn]Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:12 - The sons of Judah also captured 10,000 alive and brought them to the top of the cliff and threw them down from the top of the cliff, so that they were all split H1234 open H1234.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:1 -

After these [fn]acts of faithfulness Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and encamped against the fortified cities, and [fn]thought to break H1234 into them for himself.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:11 -

“You split H1234 the sea before them,

So they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land;

And their pursuers You cast into the depths,

Like a stone into mighty waters.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 -

“He wraps up the waters in His clouds,

And the cloud does not break H1234 out H1234 under them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:10 -

“He breaks H1234 out H1234 channels through the rocks,

And his eye sees anything precious.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:19 -

“Behold, my belly is like unvented wine, not opened;

Like new wineskins it is about to burst H1234.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:15 -

[fn]You split H1234 open H1234 spring and river;

[fn]You dried up ever-flowing rivers.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:13 -

He split H1234 the sea and caused them to pass through,

And He made the waters stand up like a heap.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 -

He was splitting H1234 the rocks in the wilderness

And so gave them abundant drink like the ocean depths.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:7 -

As when one plows and splits H1234 open H1234 the earth,

Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:20 -

By His knowledge the deeps were split H1234 up H1234

And the skies drip with dew.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:9 - He who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and he who splits H1234 logs may be endangered by them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:6 - “Let us go up against Judah and [fn]terrorize it, and make H1234 for ourselves a H1234 breach H1234 in [fn]its walls and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:15 -

The [fn]owl will make its nest and find its escape there,

And it will hatch H1234 its eggs and gather them in its shade.

Surely, the [fn]falcons will be gathered there,

Every one with its kind.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 -

Then the lame will leap like a deer,

And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy.

For waters will break H1234 forth H1234 in the wilderness

And streams in the [fn]Arabah.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:21 -

And they did not thirst when He led them through the waste places.

He made the water flow out of the rock for them;

He split H1234 the rock, and the water gushed forth.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8 -

“Then your light will break H1234 out H1234 like the dawn,

And your recovery will speedily spring forth;

And your righteousness will go before you;

The glory of Yahweh will be your rear guard.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:5 -

They break H1234 open H1234 vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s web;

He who eats of their eggs dies,

And from that which is crushed a snake breaks H1234 forth H1234.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:12 -

Who caused His glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses,

Who split H1234 the waters before them to make for Himself an everlasting name,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:2 - in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the city was breached H1234.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:7 - Then the city was breached H1234, and all the men of war fled and went forth from the city at night by way of the gate between the two walls which was by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were [fn]all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:11 - so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, O hailstones, will fall; and a stormy wind will break H1234 out H1234.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13 - Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, “I will make a stormy wind break H1234 out H1234 in My wrath. There will also be in My anger a flooding rain and hailstones to consume it in wrath.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:10 - “Because of the abundance of his horses, the fine dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of horsemen and [fn]wagons and chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city that is breached H1234.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:7 -

“When they seized you with the hand,

You tore and split H1234 open all their [fn]shoulders;

And when they leaned on you,

You broke and made all their loins [fn]quake.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:16 -

“I will set a fire in Egypt;

[fn]Sin will writhe in anguish;

[fn]Thebes will be breached H1234,

And [fn]Memphis will have [fn]distresses daily.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:8 -

I will encounter them like a bear robbed of her cubs,

And I will tear open [fn]the chest enclosing their heart;

There I will also devour them like a lioness,

As a beast of the field would rip H1234 them open H1234.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:16 -

[fn]Samaria will be held guilty,

For she has rebelled against her God.

They will fall by the sword;

Their infants will be dashed in pieces,

And their pregnant women will be ripped H1234 open H1234.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:13 -

Thus says Yahweh,

“For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon and for four

I will not turn back its punishment

Because they ripped H1234 open H1234 the pregnant women of Gilead

In order to enlarge their borders.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:4 -

The mountains will melt under Him,

And the valleys will be split H1234,

Like wax before the fire,

Like water poured down a steep place.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:9 -

Your bow was made bare;

Rods were sworn unto battle by word. Selah.

You split H1234 the earth with rivers.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4 - And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split H1234 in its middle from east to west by a very large valley so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south.
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