Bitterly
בֶּ֫כֶהStrong’s H1059bekheh (be-kheh)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Bekheh is the Hebrew word usually translated “weeping”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.”
Meaning
- A weeping
How it's translated
- weeping 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
בֶּ֫כֶה bekheh · bitterly
a weeping
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bitterly” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BIT'TERLY, adverb
With a bitter taste.
- In a severe manner; in a manner expressing poignant grief; as, to weep bitterly
- In a manner severely reproachful; sharply; severely; angrily; as, to censure bitterly
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.