בָּכָה (ba.khah) means “to weep” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: baw-kaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
בָּכָה · ba.khah · to weep
1) to weep, bewail, cry, shed tears 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to weep (in grief, humiliation, or joy) 1a2) to weep bitterly (with cognate acc.) 1a3) to weep upon (embrace and weep) 1a4) to bewail 1b) (Piel) participle 1b1) lamenting 1b2) bewailing
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a primitive root; to weep; generally to bemoan
KJV glosses: [idiom] at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, [idiom] more, mourn, [idiom] sore, [idiom] with tears, weep.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| wept | 19 |
| and wept | 18 |
| weeping | 14 |
| weep | 7 |
| and mourned | 2 |
| mourned | 2 |
| or weep | 2 |
| to weep | 2 |
| were weeping | 2 |
| and have cried out | 1 |
| and mourn | 1 |
| and they both wept | 1 |
| and to weep | 1 |
| and weep | 1 |
| and weeping | 1 |
| and wept with many tears | 1 |
| are they weeping | 1 |
| are you crying | 1 |
| as he wept | 1 |
| as they wept | 1 |
| at all | 1 |
| began to weep | 1 |
| do not weep | 1 |
| grieved | 1 |
| he wept | 1 |
| i weep | 1 |
| i will weep | 1 |
| i would weep | 1 |
| is weeping | 1 |
| lament | 1 |
| left to weep | 1 |
| may mourn on account of | 1 |
| more | 1 |
| of weeping | 1 |
| she weeps aloud | 1 |
| she wept | 1 |
| should i weep | 1 |
| they began to weep | 1 |
| they keep crying out | 1 |
| they wept | 1 |
| they will weep | 1 |
| until she wept | 1 |
| wailing | 1 |
| was crying | 1 |
| was weeping | 1 |
| weep bitterly | 1 |
| weep for them | 1 |
| wept bitterly | 1 |
| will weep | 1 |
| you have cried out | 1 |
| you will weep | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and wept | 28 |
| wept | 17 |
| weep | 5 |
| weeping | 5 |
| and weep | 3 |
| sore | 3 |
| to weep | 3 |
| and bewail | 2 |
| nor weep | 2 |
| shall weep | 2 |
| also wept | 1 |
| and bewailed | 1 |
| and she wept | 1 |
| and they shall weep | 1 |
| and they wept | 1 |
| and to weep | 1 |
| and weepeth | 1 |
| and weeping | 1 |
| and wept again | 1 |
| bewail | 1 |
| did not i weep | 1 |
| for they weep | 1 |
| for ye have wept | 1 |
| from them and wept | 1 |
| he wept | 1 |
| her therefore she wept | 1 |
| him with tears | 1 |
| i weep | 1 |
| i will weep | 1 |
| made no lamentation | 1 |
| mourned | 1 |
| no more | 1 |
| not nor weep | 1 |
| of them that weep | 1 |
| shall not weep | 1 |
| she weepeth | 1 |
| should i weep | 1 |
| that i might weep | 1 |
| that they weep | 1 |
| them weeping | 1 |
| therefore i will bewail | 1 |
| thereof complain | 1 |
| they mourned | 1 |
| thou shalt weep | 1 |
| unto him and wept | 1 |
| weep over | 1 |
| weepeth | 1 |
| when i wept | 1 |
| why weepest | 1 |
| why weepeth | 1 |
| with her along weeping | 1 |
| ye not at all | 1 |
| yea we wept | 1 |
| you and have wept | 1 |
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Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.
Read word by wordShe died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
Read word by wordEsau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.
Read word by wordThen Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.
Read word by wordEsau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.
Read word by wordAll his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
Read word by wordAnd he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.
Read word by wordJoseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
Read word by wordThen Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced.
Read word by wordJoseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him.
Read word by wordJoseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.
Read word by wordThen Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.
Read word by wordtaking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
Read word by word‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
Read word by wordWhen she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”
Read word by wordThen Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.
Read word by wordMeanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
Read word by wordThen Moses heard the people of family after family weeping at the entrances to their tents, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was also displeased.
Read word by wordWhere can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’
Read word by wordAnd say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat.
Read word by wordbut for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”
Read word by wordThen the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.
Read word by wordWhen the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.
Read word by wordJust then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Read word by wordAnd you returned and wept before the LORD, but He would not listen to your voice or give ear to you.
Read word by wordand put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
Read word by wordThe Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
Read word by wordWhen the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
Read word by wordShe also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander for two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”
Read word by word“Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
Read word by wordThen Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”
Read word by wordShe wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the riddle to her people.
Read word by wordThey went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”
Read word by wordThen the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
Read word by wordSo the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
Read word by wordMay the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud
Read word by wordAgain they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.
Read word by wordAnd this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.
Read word by word“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
Read word by wordIn her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
Read word by wordWhen the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
Read word by wordJust then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.
Read word by wordWhen the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.
Read word by wordWhen David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your voice, David my son?” Then Saul wept aloud
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.17
So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
Read word by wordThey mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
Read word by wordO daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.
Read word by wordHer husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.
Read word by wordWhen they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.
Read word by wordYour hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.
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