בְּכִי bekhi
Hebrew word for “weeping” · Strong’s H1065 · used 30 times in 29 verses
Meaning
a weeping, weeping
How it is translated
Glosses given for bekhi in context, with how often each is used:
- weeping 29
- more than the weeping 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 8 | 0.5 | |
| Jeremiah | 8 | 0.4 | |
| Psalms | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezra | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Esther | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Joel | 1 | 1.0 |
Also in 1 more book.
Chapters where it is used most
Isaiah 15 (3), Jeremiah 31 (3), Isaiah 22 (2), Jeremiah 48 (2), Genesis 45 (1), Deuteronomy 34 (1), Judges 21 (1), 2 Samuel 13 (1), 2 Kings 20 (1), Ezra 3 (1)
Forms
- בכי 14
- בבכי 8
- מבכי 3
- לבכי 2
- ובכי 1
- בכיי 1
- ובבכי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with bekhi more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- בָּכָה bakhah “to weep” 8
- קוֹל qol “voice” 10
- שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 8
- גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 6
- מִסְפֵּד misped “mourning” 3
- דִּמְעָה dimah “tears” 3
- לוּחִית luchit “Luhith” 2
- שַׂק saq “sackcloth” 3
- עַד ad “till” 6
- חֹרֹנַיִם choronayim “Horonaim” 2
- שְׂבָם sevam “Sibmah” 2
- נְהִי nehi “wailing” 2
Key verses
The verses using bekhi 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…
- Psalms 30:5 — For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
- Isaiah 15:2 — He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every…
- Isaiah 15:5 — My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go…
- Isaiah 22:4 — Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
- Isaiah 22:12 — And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
- 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 3:21 — A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the…
- Jeremiah 9:10 — For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can…
- Jeremiah 31:9 — They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall…
- Jeremiah 31:15 — Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children,…
- Joel 2:12 — Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
See all 29 verses in the Word Atlas
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.