King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H1238
Transliteration: baqaq
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-kah')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be luxuriant
Meaning: to pour out, to empty, to depopulate, to spread out
Word Summary
baqaq: to be luxuriant
Original Word: בָּקַקTransliteration: baqaq
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-kah')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be luxuriant
Meaning: to pour out, to empty, to depopulate, to spread out
Strong's Concordance
make empty, fail, utterly, make void A primitive root; to pour out, i.e. To empty, figuratively, to depopulate; by analogy, to spread out (as a fruitful vine) -- (make) empty (out), fail, X utterly, make void.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1238. baqaq
I. [בָּקַק] verb be luxuriant (Arabic be profuse, abundant (see especially Conjugations I. IV, Lane)) —
Qal Participle בֹּקֵק luxuriant Hosea 10:1 (figurative of Israel as vine).
II. [בָּקַק] verb empty (compare probably Arabic make a gurgling noise, of a mug dipped in water, or emptied of water) —
Qal Perfect וּבַקֹּתִ֫י Jeremiah 19:7, בָּֽקֲקוּ Nahum 2:3; Participle בּוֺקֵק Isaiah 24:1, בִּקֲקִים Nahum 2:3; empty, lay waste land, accusative, Isaiah 24:1; Nahum 2:3, also absolute 2:3; figurative make void (object עֵצָה) Jeremiah 19:7.
Niph`al Perfect וְנָָֽבְקָה (compare Ges§ 67, R. 11) Isaiah 19:3; Imperfect3feminine singular תִּבּוֺק 24:3; Infinitive absolute הִבּוֺק 24:3; — be emptied (laid waste) 24:3 תִבּוֺק הִבּוֺק, of land ("" תִּבּוֺז הִבּוֺז); figurative of spirit, courage 19:3.
Po. Imperfect יְבֹקֲקוּ Jeremiah 51:2 empty out (devastate) land.