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Lexicon :: Strong's H1237 - biqʿâ

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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 Box Gen 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:2 - As people moved eastward,[fn] they found a plain in Shinar[fn] and settled there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:7 - For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:11 - But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:3 - the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:8 - and the LORD gave them into the hand of Israel. They defeated them and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon, to Misrephoth Maim, and to the Valley of Mizpah on the east, until no survivors were left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:17 - from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, to Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and put them to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:7 - Here is a list of the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir. Joshua gave their lands as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their tribal divisions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:22 - Josiah, however, would not turn away from him, but disguised himself to engage him in battle. He would not listen to what Necho had said at God’s command but went to fight him on the plain of Megiddo.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:2 - Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages[fn] on the plain of Ono.” But they were scheming to harm me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:8 - they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:4 - Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18 - I will make rivers flow on barren heights, and springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:14 - like cattle that go down to the plain, they were given rest by the Spirit of the LORD. This is how you guided your people to make for yourself a glorious name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:22 - The hand of the LORD was on me there, and he said to me, “Get up and go out to the plain, and there I will speak to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:23 - So I got up and went out to the plain. And the glory of the LORD was standing there, like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell facedown.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:4 - And there before me was the glory of the God of Israel, as in the vision I had seen in the plain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:1 - The hand of the LORD was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:2 - He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:5 - I will break down the gate of Damascus; I will destroy the king who is in[fn] the Valley of Aven[fn] and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden. The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,”

says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:11 - On that day the weeping in Jerusalem will be as great as the weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
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