Be luxuriant
בָּקַקStrong’s H1238baqaq (ba-qaq)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Baqaq is the Hebrew word usually translated “it will be disturbed”, “about to lay waste” and “certainly”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.”
Meaning
- To be luxuriant
- To empty(Qal) · (Niphal) to be emptied · (Polel) to empty out, devastate
How it's translated
- and it will be disturbed 1
- about to lay waste 1
- certainly 1
- it will be laid waste 1
- and i will make void 1
- and they may lay waste 1
- luxuriant 1
- they have laid waste to them 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 3
- Jeremiah 2
- Hosea 1
- Nahum 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Isaiah 24:1Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
- Isaiah 24:3The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
- Jeremiah 19:7And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
- Jeremiah 51:2And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
- Hosea 10:1Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
- Nahum 2:2For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
Hebrew dictionary
בָּקַק baqaq · be luxuriant
to be luxuriant
בָּקַק baqaq · to empty
1) to empty 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to empty, lay waste 1a2) to make void (fig.) 1b) (Niphal) to be emptied 1c) (Polel) to empty out, devastate
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “certainly” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CERTAINLY, adverb
- Without doubt or question; in truth and fact.“CERTAINLY this was a righteous man” Luke 23:47
- Without failure.“He said, I will certainly return to thee” Genesis 18:10
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.