Baqaq בָּקַק
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| בָּקַק | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | baqaq |
| Strong's number | H1238 (H1238B, H1238A) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to empty |
| Occurrences | 9 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (3) |
Baqaq (Hebrew בָּקַק, Strong's H1238) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to empty”. It occurs 9 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H1238B: to empty
1) to empty
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to empty, lay waste
1a2) to make void (fig.)
1b) (Niphal) to be emptied
1c) (Polel) to empty out, devastate
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to empty, lay waste
1a2) to make void (fig.)
1b) (Niphal) to be emptied
1c) (Polel) to empty out, devastate
H1238A: be luxuriant
to be luxuriant
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | empty (3), fail (1), utterly emptied (1), void (1), emptiers (1), out (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | will be emptied out (1), lays waste (1), will be utterly (1), laid waste (1), i will ruin (1), empty (1), was a luxuriant (1), destroyers (1), have laid them waste (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Baqaq, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Isaiah
- Isaiah 19:3And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.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 24:1Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
- Isaiah 24:3The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 19:7And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.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.
- Jeremiah 51:2And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.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.
Hosea
- Hosea 10:1Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.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.
Nahum
- Nahum 2:2For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.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.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).