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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“What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”
Read word by wordDavid answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’
Read word by wordAnd as he finished speaking, the sons of the king came in, wailing loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.
Read word by wordEveryone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
Read word by wordBut David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.
Read word by wordThe king was shaken and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.1
Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.2
Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.
Read word by word“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”
Read word by wordWhen Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”
Read word by word“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Read word by wordbecause your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
Read word by wordbecause your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
Read word by wordBut many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.
Read word by wordWhile Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.
Read word by wordWhen I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
Read word by wordNehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.
Read word by wordAnd once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.
Read word by wordWhen they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
Read word by wordHis survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.
Read word by wordHave I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
Read word by wordMy harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.
Read word by wordif my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,
Read word by wordI wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 69.11
His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.
Read word by wordHe who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.
Read word by wordBy the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
Read word by worda time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
Read word by wordSo I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.
Read word by wordO people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.
Read word by wordBehold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
Read word by wordsaying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Read word by wordOh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 8.23
But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
Read word by wordDo not weep for him who is dead; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for him who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
Read word by wordAnd Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When Ishmael encountered the men, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”
Read word by wordI will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
Read word by word“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
Read word by wordShe weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
Read word by wordFor these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
Read word by wordThen He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz.
Read word by word“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.
Read word by wordYour turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.
Read word by wordThey will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.
Read word by wordYes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.5
Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.
Read word by wordLet the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
Read word by wordDo not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
Read word by wordby asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”
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