The Linked Word Project

Strong's Number H1234

בָּקַע

baqa` · baw-kah'

Transliteration:

baqa`{baw-kah'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

271

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open

Usage in the KJV:

cleave 5, ...up 9, divide 5, rent 4, ... out 3, break through 1, rend 3, breach 2, asunder 2, hatch 2, brake 3, burst 1, cleft 1, break forth 1, pieces 1, tare 1, tear 1, win 1

Total: 51
Occurs 51 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to split, cleave, break open, divide, break through, rip up, break up, tear
1. (Qal)
  1. to cleave, cleave open
  2. to break through, break into
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be cleft, be rent open, be split open
  2. to be broken into
3. (Piel)
  1. to cleave, cut to pieces, rend open
  2. to break through, break down
4. (Pual)
  1. to be ripped open, be torn open
  2. to be rent
  3. to be broken into
5. (Hiphil)
  1. to break into
  2. to break through
6. (Hophal) to be broken into
7. (Hithpael) to burst (themselves) open, cleave asunder