H1065 - בְּכִי (Bᵉkîy)

H1065 בְּכִי (Bᵉkîy) bek-ee'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

weeping

Strong's Definition

a weeping; by analogy, a dripping

Derivation: from H1058 (בָּכָה);

KJV Usage: overflowing, [idiom] sore, (continual) weeping, wept.

TWOT Reference: 243b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) a weeping, weeping

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2805 G2870 G2906

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

a weeping, weeping

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בְּכִי beký̂y BDB Definition: 1) a weeping, weeping Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1058 Same Word by TWOT Number: 243b Total KJV Occurrences: 26

Bible Occurrences (29)

45:2

34:8

21:2

13:36

20:3

3:13

4:3

16:16 28:11

6:8 30:5 102:9

15:2 15:3 15:5 16:9 22:4 22:12 38:3 65:19

3:21 9:10 31:9 31:15 31:16 48:5 48:32

2:12

2:13

Genesis 45:2

But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household [soon] heard of it.

Deuteronomy 34:8

The Israelites... grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.

Judges 21:2

So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping... bitterly.

2 Samuel 13:36

And as he finished speaking,... the sons of the king came in, wailing loudly.... Then the king and all his servants also wept... very bitterly.

2 Kings 20:3

Please, O LORD, remember... how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done [what is] good in Your sight. And Hezekiah... wept bitterly.

Ezra 3:13

The people could not distinguish the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because... the people were making so much noise....... And the sound was heard from afar.

Esther 4:3

In every province... to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

Job 16:16

My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;