Plain
בִּקְעָאStrong’s H1237biqa (biq-a)
Appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Biqa is the Hebrew word usually translated “valley of”, “plain” and “valley”. It appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament.
“In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.”
Meaning
- This name means plain, level valley
- Plain
How it's translated
- in valley of 4
- a plain 2
- in the valley 2
- in plain of 2
- valleys 2
- the plain 2
- the valley 2
- and valleys 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 5
- Deuteronomy 3
- Joshua 3
- Isaiah 3
- Genesis 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 11:2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
- Deuteronomy 8:7For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
- Deuteronomy 11:11But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
- Deuteronomy 34:3And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
- Joshua 11:8And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
- Joshua 11:17Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
Hebrew dictionary
בִּקְעָה biqah · Valley (of Jericho)
This name means plain, level valley Another name of kik.kar (כִּכָּר "Plain" H3603G)
בִּקְעָא biqa · plain
plain Aramaic of biq.ah (בִּקְעָה "valley" H1237K)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “valley” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
VAL'LEY, noun
plural valleys. [Latin vallis. See Vale.]
- A hollow or low tract of land between hills or mountains.
- A low extended plain, usually alluvial, penetrated or washed by a river.
- In building, a gutter over the sleepers in the roof of a building.
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.