Hebrew verb · H1238
בָּקַק
baqaqbaw-kah'
be luxuriant; to empty
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bâqaq
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1238is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1238
to pour out, i.e. to empty, figuratively, to depopulate; by analogy, to spread out (as a fruitful vine)
The King James renders it: (make) empty (out), fail, [idiom] utterly, make void.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
baqaq is rendered "be luxuriant; to empty". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Four of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "be luxuriant".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Isaiah 19:3Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.
Isaiah 19:3וְנָבְקָ֤ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: be luxuriant, and to empty.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| be luxuriantStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereIsaiah 19:3Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them… |
| to emptyStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- about to lay waste1
- and I will make void1
- and it will be disturbed1
- and they may lay waste1
- certainly to be laid waste1
- it will be laid waste1
- lay waste1
- luxuriant1
- they have laid waste to them1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בּוֹקֵ֥ק1
- בּוֹקֵק֙1
- בְקָקוּם֙1
- בֹּֽקְקִ֔ים1
- הִבּ֧וֹק׀1
- וּ֠בַקֹּתִי1
- וִיבֹקְק֖וּ1
- וְנָבְקָ֤ה1
- תִּבּ֛וֹק1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular2HVqrmsa
- Hc/VNq3fs1Hc/VNq3fs
- HC/Vpu3mp1HC/Vpu3mp
- Hc/Vqq1cs1Hc/Vqq1cs
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive absolute1HVNaa
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVNi3fs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqp3cp/Sp3mp
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1HVqrmpa
Isaiah
four uses
Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.
- וְנָבְקָ֤הvenavekahHc/VNq3fstagged: and it will be disturbed
Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
- בּוֹקֵ֥קbokekverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: about to lay waste
The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.
- הִבּ֧וֹק׀hibokverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to be laid waste
- תִּבּ֛וֹקtibokverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be laid waste
Jeremiah
two uses
And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
- וּ֠בַקֹּתִיuvakotiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will make void
I will send strangers to Babylon to winnow her and empty her land; for they will come against her from every side in her day of disaster.
- וִיבֹקְק֖וּvivokekuHC/Vpu3mptagged: and they may lay waste
Hosea
one use
Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.
- בּוֹקֵק֙bokekverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: luxuriant
Nahum
two uses
For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.
- בְקָקוּם֙vekakumverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they have laid waste to them
- בֹּֽקְקִ֔יםbokekimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: lay waste
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.