STRONGS NUMBER H1244


Word Summary
biqqoreth: punishment
Original Word: בִּקּרֶת
Transliteration: biqqoreth
Phonetic Spelling: (bik-ko-reth)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: punishment
Meaning: examination, punishment
Strong's Concordance
scourged

From baqar; properly, examination, i.e. (by implication) punishment -- scourged.

see HEBREW baqar

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1244. biqqoreth

בִּקֹּ֫רֶתnoun feminine punishment after examination (inquisition) Leviticus 19:20; (scourging ᵑ9‎ AV after Jewish tradition Kerith11a Sifra Saad AE Ki compare MalbimSifra JastrDict. 165.)