(Tophet of) Baca
בָּכָאStrong’s H8612bakah (ba-kah)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bakah is the Hebrew word usually translated “topheth”, “like topheth” and “from topheth”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.”
Meaning
- Baca = "weeping"
How it's translated
- topheth 5
- in topheth 1
- and in topheth 1
- like topheth 1
- from topheth 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 7
- 2 Kings 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Jeremiah 7:31And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
- Jeremiah 7:32Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
- Jeremiah 19:6Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.
- Jeremiah 19:11And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.
- Jeremiah 19:12Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:
- Jeremiah 19:13And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.
Hebrew dictionary
בָּכָא bakah · (Tophet of) Baca
Baca = "weeping" a valley in Palestine Combined with to.phet (תֹּ֫פֶת "Topheth" H8612)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.