בָּקַקbâqaq

בָּקַק: be luxuriant

Pronunciation: baw-kah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1238

Meanings

Qal: luxuriant (Hosea 10:1)

בָּקַק: empty

Qal: empty, lay waste (Jeremiah 19:7; Nahum 2:3; Isaiah 24:1)

Niph`al: be emptied, (laid waste) (Isaiah 19:3; Isaiah 24:3)

Po.: empty out, (devastate) (Jeremiah 51:2)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

  • Isaiah 19:3 The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will confuse their plans. They will plead with their idols for wisdom and call on spirits, mediums, and those who consult the spirits of the dead.
  • Isaiah 24:1 Look! The Lord is about to destroy the earth and make it a vast wasteland. He devastates the surface of the earth and scatters the people.
  • Isaiah 24:3 The earth will be completely emptied and looted. The Lord has spoken!
  • Jeremiah 19:7 “‘For I will upset the careful plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will allow the people to be slaughtered by invading armies, and I will leave their dead bodies as food for the vultures and wild animals.
  • Jeremiah 51:2 Foreigners will come and winnow her, blowing her away as chaff. They will come from every side to rise against her in her day of trouble.
  • Hosea 10:1 How prosperous Israel is— a luxuriant vine loaded with fruit. But the richer the people get, the more pagan altars they build. The more bountiful their harvests, the more beautiful their sacred pillars.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).