Strong's Hebrew · H1058
בָּכָה
bâkâh · baw-kaw'
Definitionto weep; generally to bemoan
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usage[idiom] at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, [idiom] more, mourn, [idiom] sore, [idiom] with tears, weep.
Occurrences114 in the KJV · 100 verses
בָּכָה in Scripture
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 lifted up her voice, and wept.
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 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.
Genesis 29:11
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
Genesis 33:4
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
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 for him.
Genesis 42:24
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; 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; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
Genesis 45:14
And he fell upon his brother Benjamin' s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
Genesis 45:15
Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept 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 on his neck a good while.
Genesis 50:1
And Joseph fell upon his father' s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
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