Word

בָּקַק

bâqaq · H1238 · Hebrew · 9 occurrences

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Meanings

to lay waste, to devastate, destroyer, marauder

To act forcibly on something, so as to cause it to become waste and/or desolate; including those who perform this action

Examples
Isaiah 19:3 “Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them; And I will confuse their strategy, So that they will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead, And to mediums and spiritists.
Isaiah 24:1 Behold, the LORD lays the earth waste, devastates it, twists its surface, and scatters its inhabitants.
Nahum 2:2 For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob Like the splendor of Israel, Even though destroyers have laid waste to them And ruined their vines.
to flourish, to spread

Process by which a plant grows luxuriantly and spreads out, often to the detriment of other plants

Examples
Hosea 10:1 Israel is a luxuriant vine; He produces fruit for himself. The more his fruit, The more altars he made; The richer his land, The better he made the memorial stones.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

6 occurrences in 6 groups

בָּקַקto lay waste 1
יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 1
רוּחַspirit, wind 1
אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 1
Not stated: I 1
Not stated: they 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

4 occurrences in 3 groups

אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 2
עֵצָהcounsel, advice, plan 1
הֶםthem 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

בin/on/with+ מָקוֹםplace 1
בin/on/with+ קֶרֶבmidst, among, inner parts 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

בָּקַקto lay waste 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

Impact002001001024: בָּקַק describes devastation inflicted on the land, as in Isaiah 24:1's "the LORD lays the earth waste, devastates it" (בּוֹקֵק), naming the destructive force applied to the earth's surface.
Stage002001001060: The verb also marks a resulting state of emptiness or ruin the land is brought into, as in Isaiah 24:3's "the earth will be completely laid waste," describing the condition the devastation produces.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

בָּקַקbâqaq · H1238בַּקְבֻּק baqbuq · H1228 · jug · 3×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1238. baqaq I. [בָּקַק] verb be luxuriant (Arabic be profuse, abundant (see especially…

H1238. baqaq
I. [בָּקַק] verb be luxuriant (Arabic be profuse, abundant (see especially Conjugations I. IV, Lane)) —
Qal Participle בֹּקֵק luxuriant Hos 10:1 (figurative of Israel as vine).
II. [בָּקַק] verb empty (compare probably Arabic make a gurgling noise, of a mug dipped in water, or emptied of water) —
Qal Perfect וּבַקֹּתִ֫י Jer 19:7, בָּֽקֲקוּ Nah 2:3; Participle בּוֺקֵק Isa 24:1, בִּקֲקִים Nah 2:3; empty, lay waste land, accusative, Isa 24:1; Nah 2:3, also absolute Nah 2:3; figurative make void (object עֵצָה) Jer 19:7.
Niph`al Perfect וְנָָֽבְקָה (compare Ges§ 67, R. 11) Isa 19:3; Imperfect3feminine singular תִּבּוֺק Isa 24:3; Infinitive absolute הִבּוֺק Isa 24:3; — be emptied (laid waste) Isa 24:3 תִבּוֺק הִבּוֺק, of land (|| תִּבּוֺז הִבּוֺז); figurative of spirit, courage Isa 19:3.
Po. Imperfect יְבֹקֲקוּ Jer 51:2 empty out (devastate) land.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Impact8 occurrences Stage1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0