Lexicon :: Strong's H1237 - biqʿâ
בִּקְעָה
Transliteration
biqʿâ
Pronunciation
bik-aw'
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From בָּקַע (H1234)
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: 271b
KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H1237 in the following manner: valley (13x), plain (7x).
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valley
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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;
See related Aramaic BDB entry H1236.
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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
