Hebrew · Strong's H1058 · Verb
בָּכָה
ba·khah
to weep
114times used
100verses
25books
How it's translated
- and he wept16
- and they wept14
- and she wept6
- and weeping5
- and they wept for4
- were weeping4
- and you wept4
- and i wept3
Definition
1) to weep, bewail, cry, shed tears
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to weep (in grief, humiliation, or joy)
1a2) to weep bitterly (with cognate acc.)
1a3) to weep upon (embrace and weep)
1a4) to bewail
1b) (Piel) participle
1b1) lamenting
The forms it takes
Form
- Wayyiqtol (“and he did”) 44% and then …: the storyteller’s past
- Imperfect (yiqtol) 18% incomplete: ongoing, future or possible
- Participle 13% one who is doing
- Infinitive 12% “to …”, or for emphasis
- Perfect (qatal) 6% a complete action, usually past
- Imperative 3% a command
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Between Hebrew and Greek
The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:
Where it appears
Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi
- Genesis14
- 2 Samuel12
- Numbers8
- Judges8
- 1 Samuel8
- Jeremiah7
- 2 Kings5
- Job5
- Psalms4
- Isaiah4
…and 15 more books.
Every verse
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