Usually translated as
weep, sore, bewail, more, complain, make lamentation, with tears, at all, mourn
Occurrences
Bâkâh occurs 114 times in 100 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (14), Exodus (1), Leviticus (1), Numbers (8), Deuteronomy (3), Judges (8), Ruth (2), 1 Samuel (8), 2 Samuel (12), 2 Kings (5), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (2), Esther (1), Job (5), Psalms (4), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (7), Lamentations (2), Ezekiel (4), Hosea (1), Joel (2), Micah (1), Zechariah (1)
- Genesis 21:16 — And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept (וַתֵּֽבְךְּ).
- Genesis 23:2 — And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep (וְלִבְכֹּתָֽהּ) for her.
- Genesis 27:38 — And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept (וַיֵּֽבְךְּ).
- Genesis 29:11 — And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept (וַיֵּֽבְךְּ).
- Genesis 33:4 — And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept (וַיִּבְכּֽוּ).
- Genesis 37:35 — And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept (וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ) for him.
- Genesis 42:24 — And he turned himself about from them, and wept (וַיֵּ֑בְךְּ); and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
- Genesis 43:30 — And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep (לִבְכּ֑וֹת); and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
- Genesis 43:30 — And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept (וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ) there.
- Genesis 45:14 — And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept (וַיֵּ֑בְךְּ); and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
- Genesis 45:14 — And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept (בָּכָ֖ה) upon his neck.
- Genesis 45:15 — Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept (וַיֵּ֣בְךְּ) upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
- Genesis 46:29 — And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept (וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ) on his neck a good while.
- Genesis 50:1 — And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept (וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ) upon him, and kissed him.
- Genesis 50:3 — And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned (וַיִּבְכּ֥וּ) for him threescore and ten days.
- Genesis 50:17 — So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept (וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ) when they spake unto him.
- Exodus 2:6 — And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept (בֹּכֶ֑ה). And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
- Leviticus 10:6 — And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail (יִבְכּוּ֙) the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
- Numbers 11:4 — And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept (וַיִּבְכּ֗וּ) again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
- Numbers 11:10 — Then Moses heard the people weep (בֹּכֶה֙) throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
- Numbers 11:13 — Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep (יִבְכּ֤וּ) unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
- Numbers 11:18 — And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept (בְּכִיתֶם֩) in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
- Numbers 11:20 — But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept (וַתִּבְכּ֤וּ) before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
- Numbers 14:1 — And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept (וַיִּבְכּ֥וּ) that night.
- Numbers 20:29 — And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned (וַיִּבְכּ֤וּ) for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
- Numbers 25:6 — And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping (בֹכִ֔ים) before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
- Deuteronomy 1:45 — And ye returned and wept (וַתִּבְכּ֖וּ) before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
- Deuteronomy 21:13 — And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail (וּבָֽכְתָ֛ה) her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
- Deuteronomy 34:8 — And the children of Israel wept (וַיִּבְכּוּ֩) for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
- Judges 2:4 — And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept (וַיִּבְכּֽוּ).
- Judges 11:37 — And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail (וְאֶבְכֶּה֙) my virginity, I and my fellows.
- Judges 11:38 — And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed (וַתֵּ֥בְךְּ) her virginity upon the mountains.
- Judges 14:16 — And Samson’s wife wept (וַתֵּבְךְּ֩) before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
- Judges 14:17 — And she wept (וַתֵּ֤בְךְּ) before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
- Judges 20:23 — (And the children of Israel went up and wept (וַיִּבְכּ֣וּ) before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
- Judges 20:26 — Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept (וַיִּבְכּוּ֙), and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
- Judges 21:2 — And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept (וַיִּבְכּ֖וּ) sore;
- Ruth 1:9 — The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept (וַתִּבְכֶּֽינָה).
- Ruth 1:14 — And they lifted up their voice, and wept (וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ינָה) again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
- 1 Samuel 1:7 — And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept (וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ה), and did not eat.
- 1 Samuel 1:8 — Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest (תִבְכִּ֗י) thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
- 1 Samuel 1:10 — And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore (תִבְכֶּֽה).
- 1 Samuel 1:10 — And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore (וּבָכֹ֥ה).
- 1 Samuel 11:4 — Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept (וַיִּבְכּֽוּ).
- 1 Samuel 11:5 — And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep (יִבְכּ֑וּ)? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
- 1 Samuel 20:41 — And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept (וַיִּבְכּוּ֙) one with another, until David exceeded.
- 1 Samuel 24:16 — And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept (וַיֵּֽבְךְּ).
- 1 Samuel 30:4 — Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept (וַיִּבְכּ֑וּ), until they had no more power to weep.
- 1 Samuel 30:4 — Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep (לִבְכּֽוֹת).
- 2 Samuel 1:12 — And they mourned, and wept (וַיִּבְכּ֔וּ), and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.