Strong H1238H1238Bבָּקַק
to empty
One of the 2 senses of Strong H1238
- Transliteration
- bâqaq
- Pronunciation
- baw-kah'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
1) to empty
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to empty, lay waste
1a2) to make void (fig.)
1b) (Niphal) to be emptied
1c) (Polel) to empty out, devastate
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to empty, lay waste
1a2) to make void (fig.)
1b) (Niphal) to be emptied
1c) (Polel) to empty out, devastate
General definition
A primitive root; to pour {out} that {is} to {empty} figuratively to depopulate; by analogy to spread out (as a fruitful vine): - (make) empty ({out}) {fail} X {utterly} make void.
In the Bible
Strong H1238B appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- empty4
- be1
- emptiers1
- fail1
- void1
First verses
- Isaiah 19:3And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
- Isaiah 24:1Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
- Isaiah 24:3The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.
- Jeremiah 19:7And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
- Jeremiah 51:2And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
- Nahum 2:2For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.