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Strong's #1065 - בְּכִי

Transliteration
Bᵉkîy
Phonetics
bek-ee'
Root Word (Etymology)
from (H1058)
Parts of Speech
Noun Masculine
TWOT
243b
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) a weeping, weeping

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 2805 ‑ κλαυθμός (klowth‑mos');  2870 ‑ κοπετός (kop‑et‑os');  2906 ‑ κραυγή (krow‑gay');  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (26)
Genesis 1
Deuteronomy 1
2 Samuel 1
Ezra 1
Esther 1
Job 2
Psalms 3
Isaiah 7
Jeremiah 7
Joel 1
Malachi 1
NAS (26)
Deuteronomy 1
Ezra 1
Esther 1
Job 2
Psalms 3
Isaiah 7
Jeremiah 9
Joel 1
Malachi 1
HCS (29)
Genesis 1
Deuteronomy 1
Judges 1
2 Samuel 1
2 Kings 1
Ezra 1
Esther 1
Job 2
Psalms 3
Isaiah 7
Jeremiah 8
Joel 1
Malachi 1
BSB (28)
Genesis 1
Deuteronomy 1
Judges 1
2 Samuel 1
Ezra 1
Esther 1
Job 2
Psalms 3
Isaiah 7
Jeremiah 8
Joel 1
Malachi 1
ESV (21)
Genesis 1
Deuteronomy 1
Ezra 1
Esther 1
Job 2
Psalms 3
Isaiah 6
Jeremiah 5
Malachi 1
WEB (26)
Deuteronomy 1
2 Samuel 1
Ezra 1
Esther 1
Job 2
Psalms 3
Isaiah 7
Jeremiah 8
Joel 1
Malachi 1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1034) kb (בכ BK) AC: Weep CO: Tears AB: ?: The pictograph b is a tent representing what is inside. The k is the palms of the hand. Combined these mean the "inside the palms". The placing of one eyes in the palms when crying. A weeping from mourning or from the billowing of smoke in the eyes.

A) kb (בכ BK) AC: Weep CO: ? AB: ?

Nf4 ) tikb (בכית BKYT) - Weeping: KJV (1): mourning - Strongs: H1068 (בְּכִית)

fm) ikb (בכי BKY) - Weep: KJV (30): weep, overflowing, sore - Strongs: H1065 (בְּכִי)

C) kba (אבכ ABK) AC: Roll CO: ? AB: ?: The rolling of the tears down the cheek.

V) kba (אבכ ABK) - Roll: The rolling of smoke. KJV (1): (vf: Hitpael) mount up - Strongs: H55 (אָבַךְ)

E) akb (בכא BKA) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?

Nm ) akb (בכא BKA) - Balsam: A tree that weeps sap when cut. KJV (4): mulberry tree - Strongs: H1057 (בָּכָא)

H) ekb (בכה BKH) AC: Weep CO: ? AB: ?

V) ekb (בכה BKH) - Weep: KJV (114): (vf: Paal, Piel) weep, bewail, sore, mourned, wail - Strongs: H1058 (בָּכָה)

Nm) ekb (בכה BKH) - Weep: KJV (1): sore - Strongs: H1059 (בֶּכֶה)

J) kfb (בוכ BWK) AC: Entangle CO: ? AB: Confusion: To be tangled, confused or lost in a place of uncertainty that can bring one to tears.

V) kfb (בוכ BWK) - Entangled: KJV (3): (vf: Niphal) perplexed, entangled - Strongs: H943 (בּוּךְ)

kf1) ekfbm (מבוכה MBWKH) - Confusion: A state of entanglement. KJV (2): perplexity - Strongs: H3998 (מְבוּכָה)

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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 בְּכִי noun masculine Judges 21:2 weepingבְּכִי Judges 21:2 20t. (also construct Deuteronomy 34:8, etc.); בִּבְכִ֑י Genesis 45:2; בֶּ֑כִי Isaiah 15:2 6t.; suffix בִּכְִיי֑ Psalm 6:9; — weeping Psalm 30:6; Isaiah 15:2,5; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb (with בכה) Judges 21:2; 2 Samuel 13:36; 2 Kings 20:3 = Isaiah 38:3 compare Isaiah 16:9 (בבכי) Jeremiah 48:32 (מבכי); audible ׳קול ב Psalm 6:9; Isaiah 65:19; Ezra 3:13 compare Jeremiah 3:21; Jeremiah 31:16; Isaiah 15:3 (ייליל יֹרֵד בבכי see Jeremiah 9:17); so also Genesis 45:2 (׳ויתן אתקֿלו בב) & Jeremiah 48:5 (בבכי יעלה בכי i.e. the sound of it shall ascend) — but text here suspicious, compare Isaiah 15:5; as disfiguring Job 16:16; "" words of mourning Esther 4:3 (אֵבֶל, צוֺם, מִסְמֵּד), Jeremiah 31:9 (תחנונים compare Jeremiah 3:21), Jeremiah 9:10; Jeremiah 31:15 (נהי), compare בכי אבלמשׁה Deuteronomy 34:8 & Di on the passage; cotrition (humiliation) Joel 2:12 (צום, מִסְמֵּד), Isaiah 22:12 (מספד, קרחה, חגור שׂק), compare Malachi 2:13 (אנקה, דמעה); of bitter weeping Isaiah 22:4 אֲמָרֵר בַּבֶּ֑כִי, compare Jeremiah 31:15 (& Isaiah 33:7); בכי יעזר Isaiah 16:9; Jeremiah 48:32i.e. Ya`zer in Moab, compare יעזר proper name; Psalm 102:10 (מסכתי׳שׁקוי בב compare Psalm 42:4; Psalm 80:6 & Babylonian dîmtu maštîtî, tears ( were) my drink Zim BP 34,42). Trop., of trickling streams (נהרות) in mines — hindrance to miners Job 28:11.


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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

בְּכִי in pause, בֶּכִי with suff. בִּכְיִי m.

(1) weeping, from בָּכָה, Genesis 45:2; Isaiah 15:3, 22:4, etc. בָּכָה בְּכִי גָּדוֹל “to make a great lamentation,” 2 Samuel 13:36 also a dropping, a distilling of water in mines, Job 28:11. Comp. flere, for rorare, stillare in Lucret. i. 350, Gr. δάκρυον and דִּמְעָה.


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List of Word Forms
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