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Flask

בַּקְבֻּקStrong’s H1228

baqbuq (baq-buq)

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Baqbuq is the Hebrew word usually translated “jar of”, “bottle of” and “bottle”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.”
1 Kings 14:3 KJV
Meaning
  1. Flask, bottle
How it's translated
  • and a jar of 1
  • a bottle of 1
  • the bottle 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 2
  • 1 Kings 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

בַּקְבֻּק baqbuq · flask

flask, bottle

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “flask” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

FL'ASK, noun

  1. A kind of bottle; as a flask of wine or oil.
  2. A vessel for powder.
  3. A bed in a gun-carriage.

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.