בִּקְעָה biqah
Hebrew word for “valley” · Strong’s H1237 · used 20 times in 20 verses
Meaning
1) valley; 2) plain, level valley; Aramaic equivalent: biq.a (בִּקְעָא "plain" H1236)
Senses in the lexicon
- valley (15)
- (Lebanon) Valley (2)
- Valley (of Jericho) (1)
- (Mizpah) Valley (1)
- (Aven) Valley (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for biqah in context, with how often each is used:
- valley 9
- plain 7
- valleys 3
- which in the valley 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Deuteronomy | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Joshua | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Nehemiah | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Zechariah | 1 | 0.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Joshua 11 (2), Ezekiel 3 (2), Ezekiel 37 (2), Genesis 11 (1), Deuteronomy 8 (1), Deuteronomy 11 (1), Deuteronomy 34 (1), Joshua 12 (1), 2 Chronicles 35 (1), Nehemiah 6 (1)
Forms
- בבקעת 5
- הבקעה 4
- בבקעה 3
- בקעות 2
- בקעת 2
- בקעה 1
- ובקעת 1
- לבקעה 1
- מבקעת 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with biqah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- הַר har “mountain” 6
- חָלָק chalaq “(Mount) Halak” 2
- בַּעַל גָּד baal gad “Baal-gad” 2
- שָׁם sham “there” 5
- מְגִדּוֹ megiddon “Megiddo” 2
- שֵׂעִיר seir “Seir” 2
- יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 4
- עַד ad “till” 4
- לְבָנוֹן levanon “Lebanon” 2
- נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 3
- מַי mayim “water” 3
- נָהָר nahar “river” 2
Key verses
The verses using biqah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 8:7 — For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
- Deuteronomy 11:11 — But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
- Deuteronomy 34:3 — And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
- Joshua 11:8 — And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh…
- Joshua 12:7 — And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon…
- 2 Chronicles 35:22 — Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the…
- Nehemiah 6:2 — That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
- Isaiah 40:4 — Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
- Isaiah 41:18 — I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
- Ezekiel 3:23 — Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my…
- Ezekiel 8:4 — And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
- Ezekiel 37:1 — The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
See all 20 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.