Breach
בְּקִיעַStrong’s H1233beqia (be-qi-a)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Beqia is the Hebrew word usually translated “breaches of” and “rubble”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.”
Meaning
- Fissure, breach, cleft
How it's translated
- breaches of 1
- rubble 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
- Amos 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
בְּקִיעַ beqia · breach
fissure, breach, cleft
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “breach” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BREACH, noun
- The act of breaking; or state of being broken; a rupture; a break; a gap; the space between the severed parts of a solid body parted by violence; as a breach in a garment, or in a wall.
- The violation of a law; the violation or non-fulfillment of a contract; the non-performance of a moral duty; non-performance of duty being a breach of obligation, as well as a positive transgression or violation.
- An opening in a coast. [Not usual.]
- Separation between friends by means of enmity; difference; quarrel.
All definitions and other forms of “breach”
- Infraction; injury; invasion; as a breach upon kingly power.
- Bereavement; loss of a friend and its consequent affliction.
- A violation of the public peace, as by a riot, affray, or any tumult which is contrary to law, and destructive to the public tranquillity, is called a breach of the peace.
BREACH, verb transitive
To make a breach or opening.
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.