בָּכָה bakhah

Hebrew word for “to weep” · Strong’s H1058 · used 114 times in 100 verses

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Meaning

1) to weep, bewail, cry, shed tears;

How it is translated

Glosses given for bakhah in context, with how often each is used:

• wept 52
• weeping 17
• weep 11
• wept for 5
• will weep 5
• will weep for 2
• have wept 2
• must weep 2
• weep for 1
• crying 1
• may weep 1
• do you weep 1

Where it is used

Also in 13 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 11 (5), Genesis 50 (3), 1 Samuel 1 (3), 2 Samuel 3 (3), Genesis 45 (2), Judges 11 (2), Judges 14 (2), Judges 20 (2), Ruth 1 (2), 1 Samuel 11 (2)

Forms

• ויבך 17
• ויבכו 17
• ותבך 7
• בכה 7
• בכו 7
• ואבכה 5
• ובכה 5
• תבכה 5
• לבכות 4
• יבכו 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with bakhah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• קוֹל qol “voice” 20
• נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 16
• בְּכִי bekhi “weeping” 8
• נָפַל naphal “to fall” 12
• נָשַׁק nashaq “to kiss” 7
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 11
• צוּם tsum “to fast” 5
• דִּמְעָה dimah “tears” 5
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 12
• סָפַד saphad “to mourn” 5
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 10
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 10

Key verses

The verses using bakhah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 2 Kings 20:3 — I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And…
• 2 Kings 22:19 — Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants…
• Ezra 10:1 — Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very…
• Nehemiah 8:9 — And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto…
• Isaiah 30:19 — For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he…
• Isaiah 38:3 — And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight.…
• Jeremiah 9:1 — Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
• Jeremiah 13:17 — But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock…
• Jeremiah 50:4 — In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go,…
• Lamentations 1:2 — She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort all her friends have dealt treacherously with…
• Lamentations 1:16 — For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are…
• Joel 2:17 — Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.