Word Study · Strong's H1216 · Hebrew

בָּצֵק

batseq

baw-tsake'

Strong's 1890 spelling: bâtsêq

“perhaps to swell up, i.e. blister”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

perhaps to swell up, i.e. blister

Rendered in the KJV as

swell.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

בָצֵ֑קָה1
בָצֵֽקוּ׃1

How it is rendered · 2

it swelled1
they became swollen1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HVqp3cp · 1
HVqp3fs · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Deuteronomy1 of 2 · 50%
Nehemiah1 of 2 · 50%

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Deuteronomy1 occurrence

Deuteronomy 8:4בָצֵ֑קָהvatzekahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularYour clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.here: it swelled

Nehemiah1 occurrence

Nehemiah 9:21בָצֵֽקוּ׃vatzekuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralFor forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.here: they became swollen

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled בָּצֵק

H1217 · 5×

בָּצֵק

batseq

“dough (as swelling by fermentation)”

Read Deuteronomy 8:4 in context →