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בָּקַע (ba.qa) means “to break up/open” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

בָּקַע Hebrew · H1234 51 tagged occurrences in 50 verses

Pronunciation guide: baw-kah' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H1234

בָּקַע · ba.qa · to break up/open

1) to split, cleave, break open, divide, break through, rip up, break up, tear 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cleave, cleave open 1a2) to break through, break into 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be cleft, be rent open, be split open 1b2) to be broken into 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cleave, cut to pieces, rend open 1c2) to break through, break down 1d) (Pual) 1d1) to be ripped open, be torn open 1d2) to be rent 1d3) to be broken into 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to break into 1e2) to break through 1f) (Hophal) to be broken into 1g) (Hithpael) to burst (themselves) open, cleave asunder

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open

KJV glosses: make a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.

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How translators render H1234

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
he split 4
was breached 3
and divide it 2
broke 2
split open 2
a breached 1
and breaks up 1
and hatch her eggs 1
and he who splits 1
and mauled 1
and rip open 1
and ripped open 1
broke open 1
burst 1
burst forth 1
cracked 1
he hews out 1
i will release 1
invaded it 1
is hatched 1
it is about to burst 1
opened up 1
tearing 1
tearing them apart 1
the people chopped up 1
they are cracked 1
they hatch 1
they ripped open 1
to break through 1
to conquer them 1
was split 1
were broken open 1
were dashed to pieces 1
were divided 1
who divided 1
will be split 1
will break forth 1
will burst forth 1
will gush forth 1
will split apart 1
women ripped open 1
you divided 1
you split 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
was broken up 3
brake through 2
thou didst cleave 2
and behold they be rent 1
and brake 1
and clave 1
and cleaveth 1
and divide 1
and hatch 1
and rend 1
and rent 1
and rip up 1
and tare 1
and they clave 1
and thou didst divide 1
are broken up 1
break forth 1
break out 1
breaketh out 1
broken up 1
clave 1
clave asunder 1
dividing 1
for them he clave 1
he clave 1
he cutteth out 1
he divided 1
he ripped up 1
he that cleaveth 1
i will even rend 1
is not rent 1
it and let us make a breach 1
it is ready to burst 1
rent 1
shall be cleft 1
shall be rent asunder 1
shall be ripped up 1
shall cleave 1
shall rend 1
shall tear 1
that they all were broken in pieces 1
thereof because they have ripped up 1
they hatch 1
to break through 1
to win 1
were divided 1
wherein is made a breach 1

Verses containing H1234

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  1. Genesis 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

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  2. Genesis 22:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.

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  3. Exodus 14:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.

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  4. Exodus 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

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  5. Numbers 16:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open,

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  6. Joshua 9:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    acted deceptively and set out as envoys, carrying on their donkeys worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.

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  7. Joshua 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These wineskins were new when we filled them, but look, they are cracked. And these clothes and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.”

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  8. Judges 15:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.

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  9. 1 Samuel 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.

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  10. 2 Samuel 23:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,

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  11. 1 Kings 1:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.

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  12. 2 Kings 2:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.

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  13. 2 Kings 3:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.

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  14. 2 Kings 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “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.”

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  15. 2 Kings 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.

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  16. 2 Kings 25:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

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  17. 1 Chronicles 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,

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  18. 2 Chronicles 21:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest.

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  19. 2 Chronicles 25:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.

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  20. 2 Chronicles 32:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.

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  21. Nehemiah 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.

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  22. Job 26:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.

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  23. Job 28:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.

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  24. Job 32:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.

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  25. Psalms 74:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.

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  26. Psalms 78:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.

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  27. Psalms 78:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.

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  28. Psalms 141:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

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  29. Proverbs 3:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.

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  30. Ecclesiastes 10:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The one who quarries stones may be injured by them, and he who splits logs endangers himself.

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  31. Isaiah 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’

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  32. Isaiah 34:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.

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  33. Isaiah 35:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

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  34. Isaiah 48:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.

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  35. Isaiah 58:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

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  36. Isaiah 59:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.

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  37. Isaiah 63:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,

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  38. Jeremiah 39:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.

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  39. Jeremiah 52:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

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  40. Ezekiel 13:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.

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  41. Ezekiel 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.

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  42. Ezekiel 26:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    His multitude of horses will cover you in their dust. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots.

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  43. Ezekiel 29:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.

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  44. Ezekiel 30:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distress.

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  45. Hosea 13:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.

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  46. Hosea 13:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

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    Source alternate reference: 14.1

  47. Amos 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.

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  48. Micah 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.

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  49. Habakkuk 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.

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  50. Zechariah 14:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.

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