Bâqaq — H1238

Definition

verb

to pour out, i.e. to empty, figuratively, to depopulate; by analogy, to spread out (as a fruitful vine)

1. to empty
1. (Qal)
1. to empty, lay waste
2. to make void (fig.)
2. (Niphal) to be emptied
3. (Polel) to empty out, devastate

Usually translated as

empty, fail, make void, utterly

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• ektinássō (G1621)
• kataphtheírō (G2704)
• lymaínomai (G3075)
• tarássō (G5015)
• phtheírō (G5351)
• phthorá (G5356)

Occurrences

Bâqaq occurs 9 times in 7 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (2), Hosea (1), Nahum (1)

• Isaiah 19:3 — And the spirit of Egypt shall fail (וְנָבְקָ֤ה) in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
• Isaiah 24:1 — Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty (בּוֹקֵ֥ק), and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
• Isaiah 24:3 — The land shall be utterly emptied (תִּבּ֛וֹק), and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
• Isaiah 24:3 — The land shall be utterly emptied (הִבּ֧וֹק), and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
• Jeremiah 19:7 — And I will make void (וּ֠בַקֹּתִי) the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
• Jeremiah 51:2 — And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty (וִיבֹקְק֖וּ) her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
• Hosea 10:1 — Israel is an empty (בּוֹקֵק֙) vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
• Nahum 2:2 — For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers (בְקָקוּם֙) have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
• Nahum 2:2 — For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied (בֹּֽקְקִ֔ים) them out, and marred their vine branches.