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Lexicon :: Strong's H1237 - biqʿâ

Aa
בִּקְעָה
Transliteration
biqʿâ
Pronunciation
bik-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 271b

Strong’s Definitions

בִּקְעָה biqʻâh, bik-aw'; from H1234; properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains:—plain, valley.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H1237 in the following manner: valley (13x), plain (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H1237 in the following manner: valley (13x), plain (7x).

  1. valley

  2. plain, level valley

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בִּקְעָה biqʻâh, bik-aw'; from H1234; properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains:—plain, valley.
STRONGS H1237: Abbreviations
† בִּקְעָה noun feminine valley (cleft), plain — absolute ב׳ Genesis 11:2 + 8 times; construct בִּקְעַת Deuteronomy 34:3 + 7 times; plural בְּקָעוֺת Isaiah 41:18; Psalm 104:8; בְּקָעֹת Deuteronomy 11:11; —
1. valley (opposed to הַר mountain) Deuteronomy 8:7; Deuteronomy 11:11; compare Isaiah 41:18; also Isaiah 63:14 כַּבְּהֵמָה בַּבִּקְעָח תֵרֵד; in creation-poem Psalm 104:8 יַעֲלוּ הָרִים יֵֽֽֽרְדוּ בְקָעוֺת.
2. plain (sometimes valley-plain, broad valley) Genesis 11:2; also Ezekiel 3:22, 23; Ezekiel 8:4; Ezekiel 37:1, 2 (הַבּ׳עַל־פְּנֵי) as level, opposed to הָֽרְכָּ סִים Isaiah 40:4 (|| מִישׁוֺר); elsewhere construct mostly with proper name Deuteronomy 34:3 יְרֵחוֺ ב׳ (appositive הַכִּכָּר), מִצְפֶּה ב׳ Joshua 11:8, הַלְּבָנוֺן ב׳ Joshua 11:17; Joshua 12:7, מִגִדּוֺ ב׳ 2 Chronicles 35:22 compare Zechariah 12:11, אוֺנוֺ ב׳ Nehemiah 6:2; ב׳־אָוֶן Amos 1:5 plain of idolatry = Baalbek (Damascus, according to Wetzst in DeJes 3, 702; Greek Version of the LXX πέδιον Ὤη).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H1236.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:2; 11:2

Deuteronomy

8:7; 11:11; 11:11; 34:3; 34:3

Joshua

11:8; 11:17; 12:7

2 Chronicles

35:22

Nehemiah

6:2

Psalms

104:8; 104:8

Isaiah

40:4; 41:18; 41:18; 63:14

Ezekiel

3:22; 3:23; 8:4; 37:1; 37:2

Amos

1:5

Zechariah

12:11

H1237

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Strong's Number H1237 matches the Hebrew בִּקְעָה (biqʿâ),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:2 - And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:7 - For the Lord your God is guiding you into a good land, a land of water-springs, of fountains, and deep streams flowing out from the valleys and the hills;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:11 - But the land where you are going is a land of hills and valleys, drinking in the rain of heaven:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:3 - And the South, and the circle of the valley of Jericho, the town of palm-trees, as far as Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:8 - And the Lord gave them up into the hands of Israel, and they overcame them driving them back to great Zidon and to Misrephoth-maim and into the valley of Mizpeh to the east; and they put them all to death, no man got away safely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:17 - From Mount Halak, which goes up to Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon: and all their kings he overcame and put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:7 - And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel overcame on the west side of Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which goes up to Seir; and Joshua gave the land to the tribes of Israel for a heritage, in keeping with their divisions;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:22 - However, Josiah would not go back; but keeping to his purpose of fighting against him, and giving no attention to the words of Neco, which came from God, he went forward to the fight in the valley of Megiddo.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:2 - Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, Come, let us have a meeting in one of the little towns in the lowland of Ono. But their purpose was to do me evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:8 - The mountains came up and the valleys went down into the place which you had made ready for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:4 - Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places become level, and the hilltops become a valley,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18 - I will make rivers on the dry mountain-tops, and fountains in the valleys: I will make the waste land a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:14 - Like the cattle which go down into the valley, they went without falling, the spirit of the Lord guiding them: so you went before your people, to make yourself a great name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:22 - And the hand of the Lord was on me there; and he said, Get up and go out into the valley and there I will have talk with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:23 - Then I got up and went out into the valley; and I saw the glory of the Lord resting there as I had seen it by the river Chebar; and I went down on my face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:4 - And I saw the glory of the Lord there, as in the vision which I saw in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:1 - The hand of the Lord had been on me, and he took me out in the spirit of the Lord and put me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:2 - And he made me go past them round about: and I saw that there was a very great number of them on the face of the wide valley, and they were very dry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:5 - And I will have the locks of the door of Damascus broken, and him who is seated in power cut off from the valley of Aven, and him in whose hand is the rod from the house of Eden; and the people of Aram will go away as prisoners into Kir, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:11 - In that day there will be a great weeping in Jerusalem, like the weeping of Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
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