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.
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).