Strong H1057בָּכָא
balsam
- Transliteration
- bâkâ'
- Pronunciation
- baw-kaw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
The same as H1056; the weeping tree (some gum distilling {tree} perhaps the balsam): - mulberry tree.
Detailed definition
1) balsam tree-a shrub which drips sap when it is cut
2) possible name of a vale of balsam trees in Ps 84:6
2) possible name of a vale of balsam trees in Ps 84:6
In the Bible
Strong H1057 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tree4
- baca1
First verses
- 2 Samuel 5:23And when David enquired of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
- 2 Samuel 5:24And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
- 1 Chronicles 14:14Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
- 1 Chronicles 14:15And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.
- Psalms 84:6Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.