Bôkîym — H1066

Definition

locative proper noun

Bo-kim, a place in Palestine

1. Bochim = "weeping"
2. a place near Gilgal (or Bethel), where sons of Israel wept

Usually translated as

Bochim

Origin

plural active participle of H1058; (with the article) the weepers

• Bâkâh (H1058)

Occurrences

Bôkîym occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (2)

• Judges 2:1 — And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim (הַבֹּכִ֑ים), and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
• Judges 2:5 — And they called the name of that place Bochim (בֹּכִ֑ים): and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.