Strong's Hebrew · H1238
בָּקַק
bâqaq · baw-kah'
(make) empty (out), fail, [idiom] utterly, make void.
Definition
to pour out, i.e. to empty, figuratively, to depopulate; by analogy, to spread out (as a fruitful vine)
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 9 times in Scripture
“The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.”
“Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—”
“And 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.”
“Then 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.”
“I 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.”
“Israel 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.”
“For 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.”
Explore bâqaq in Scripture
On the Doxa App you can have a personal interaction about any Scripture, original words included.
Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).