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Lexicon :: Strong's H1065 - bᵊḵî

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בְּכִי
Transliteration
bᵊḵî
Pronunciation
bek-ee'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From בָּכָה (H1058)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 243b

Strong’s Definitions

בְּכִי Bᵉkîy, bek-ee'; from H1058; a weeping; by analogy, a dripping:—overflowing, × sore, (continual) weeping, wept.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's H1065 in the following manner: weep (24x), overflowing (1x), sore (1x), wept (with H1058 08799) (3x), wept (with H6963) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's H1065 in the following manner: weep (24x), overflowing (1x), sore (1x), wept (with H1058 08799) (3x), wept (with H6963) (1x).

  1. a weeping, weeping

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּכִי Bᵉkîy, bek-ee'; from H1058; a weeping; by analogy, a dripping:—overflowing, × sore, (continual) weeping, wept.
STRONGS H1065: Abbreviations
† בְּכִי noun masculineJudges 21:2 weeping — בְּכִי Judges 21:2 + 20 times (also construct Deuteronomy 34:8, etc.); בִּבְכִ֑י Genesis 45:2; בֶּ֑כִי Isaiah 15:2 + 6 times; suffix בִּכְִיי֑ Psalm 6:9; — weeping Psalm 30:6; Isaiah 15:2, 5; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb (with בכה) Judges 21:2; 2 Samuel 13:36; 2 Kings 20:3 = Isaiah 38:3 compare Isaiah 16:9 (בבכי) Jeremiah 48:32 (מבכי); audible קול ב׳ Psalm 6:9; Isaiah 65:19; Ezra 3:13 compare Jeremiah 3:21; Jeremiah 31:16; Isaiah 15:3 (ייליל יֹרֵד בבכי see Jeremiah 9:17); so also Genesis 45:2 (ויתן את־קלו בב׳) & Jeremiah 48:5 (בבכי יעלה בכי i.e. the sound of it shall ascend) — but text here suspicious, compare Isaiah 15:5; as disfiguring Job 16:16; || words of mourning Esther 4:3 (אֵבֶל, צוֺם, מִסְפֵּד), Jeremiah 31:9 (תחנונים compare Jeremiah 3:21), Jeremiah 9:10; Jeremiah 31:15 (נהי), compare בכי אבל משׁה Deuteronomy 34:8 & Di on the passage; cotrition (humiliation) Joel 2:12 (צום, מִסְפֵּד), Isaiah 22:12 (מספד, קרחה, חגור שׂק), compare Malachi 2:13 (אנקה, דמעה); of bitter weeping Isaiah 22:4 אֲמָרֵר בַּבֶּ֑כִי, compare Jeremiah 31:15 (& Isaiah 33:7); בכי יעזר Isaiah 16:9; Jeremiah 48:32 i.e. Ya`zer in Moab, compare יעזר proper name; Psalm 102:10 (מסכתי שׁקוי בב׳ compare Psalm 42:4; Psalm 80:6 & Babylonian dîmtu maštîtî, tears (were) my drink ZimBP 34, 42). Trop., of trickling streams (נהרות) in mines — hindrance to miners Job 28:11.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

45:2; 45:2

Deuteronomy

34:8; 34:8

Judges

21:2; 21:2; 21:2

2 Samuel

13:36

2 Kings

20:3

Ezra

3:13

Esther

4:3

Job

16:16; 28:11

Psalms

6:9; 6:9; 30:6; 42:4; 80:6; 102:10

Isaiah

15:2; 15:2; 15:3; 15:5; 15:5; 16:9; 16:9; 22:4; 22:12; 33:7; 38:3; 65:19

Jeremiah

3:21; 3:21; 9:10; 9:17; 31:9; 31:15; 31:15; 31:16; 48:5; 48:32; 48:32

Joel

2:12

Malachi

2:13