Definition
a primitive root; to pour out, i.e. to empty, figuratively, to depopulate; by analogy, to spread out (as a fruitful vine)
Traditional renderings: (make) empty (out), fail, × utterly, make void.
Traditional renderings: (make) empty (out), fail, × utterly, make void.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders בָּקַק:
- φθοράphthora“corruption”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
9 total
- Isaiah 19:3וְנָבְקָ֤ה · will be emptied outThen the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.
- Isaiah 24:1בּוֹקֵ֥ק · lays wasteBehold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
- Isaiah 24:3הִבּ֧וֹק׀ · will be utterly; תִּבּ֛וֹק · laid wasteThe earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.
- Jeremiah 19:7וּ֠בַקֹּתִי · I will ruinAnd in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
- Jeremiah 51:2וִיבֹקְק֖וּ · and emptyI will send strangers to Babylon to winnow her and empty her land; for they will come against her from every side in her day of disaster.
- Hosea 10:1בּוֹקֵק֙ · was a luxuriantIsrael was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.
- Nahum 2:2בְקָקוּם֙ · have laid them waste; בֹּֽקְקִ֔ים · destroyersFor the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.