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Hebrew word study

בָּכָהbâkâh — to weep

Pronounced “baw-kaw'”

to weep; generally to bemoan

Translated in the King James as: at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, more, mourn, sore, with tears, weep.

Appears 114 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 16×

Genesis 21:16 Genesis 23:2 Genesis 27:38 Genesis 29:11 Genesis 33:4 Genesis 37:35 Genesis 42:24 Genesis 43:30 Genesis 45:14 Genesis 45:15 Genesis 46:29 Genesis 50:1 Genesis 50:3 Genesis 50:17+ 2 more in Genesis

Exodus — 1×

Leviticus — 1×

Numbers — 8×

Numbers 11:4 Numbers 11:10 Numbers 11:13 Numbers 11:18 Numbers 11:20 Numbers 14:1 Numbers 20:29 Numbers 25:6

Deuteronomy — 3×

Deuteronomy 1:45 Deuteronomy 21:13 Deuteronomy 34:8

Judges — 8×

Judges 2:4 Judges 11:37 Judges 11:38 Judges 14:16 Judges 14:17 Judges 20:23 Judges 20:26 Judges 21:2

Ruth — 2×

Ruth 1:9 Ruth 1:14

1 Samuel — 10×

1 Sam 1:7 1 Sam 1:8 1 Sam 1:10 1 Sam 11:4 1 Sam 11:5 1 Sam 20:41 1 Sam 24:16 1 Sam 30:4+ 2 more in 1 Samuel

2 Samuel — 15×

2 Sam 1:12 2 Sam 1:24 2 Sam 3:16 2 Sam 3:32 2 Sam 3:34 2 Sam 12:21 2 Sam 12:22 2 Sam 13:36 2 Sam 15:23 2 Sam 15:30 2 Sam 18:33 2 Sam 19:1+ 3 more in 2 Samuel

2 Kings — 5×

2 Ki 8:11 2 Ki 8:12 2 Ki 13:14 2 Ki 20:3 2 Ki 22:19

2 Chronicles — 1×

Ezra — 3×

Ezra 3:12 Ezra 10:1+ 1 more in Ezra

Nehemiah — 3×

Nehemiah 1:4 Nehemiah 8:9+ 1 more in Nehemiah

Esther — 1×

Job — 5×

Job 2:12 Job 27:15 Job 30:25 Job 30:31 Job 31:38

Psalms — 4×

Psalms 69:10 Psalms 78:64 Psalms 126:6 Psalms 137:1

Ecclesiastes — 1×

Isaiah — 5×

Isaiah 16:9 Isaiah 30:19 Isaiah 33:7 Isaiah 38:3+ 1 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 9×

Jeremiah 9:1 Jeremiah 13:17 Jeremiah 22:10 Jeremiah 31:15 Jeremiah 41:6 Jeremiah 48:32 Jeremiah 50:4+ 2 more in Jeremiah

Lamentations — 3×

Lam 1:2 Lam 1:16+ 1 more in Lamentations

Ezekiel — 4×

Ezekiel 8:14 Ezekiel 24:16 Ezekiel 24:23 Ezekiel 27:31

Hosea — 1×

Joel — 2×

Joel 1:5 Joel 2:17

Micah — 2×

Micah 1:10+ 1 more in Micah

Zechariah — 1×

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.