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בְּכִי H1065
H1065 is the Hebrew word בְּכִי, transliterated Bᵉkîy and said bek-ee'. The King James Version most often renders it weeping.
What it means
a weeping; by analogy, a dripping.
Where it comes from
from H1058 (בָּכָה).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 28 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: overflowing, [idiom] sore, (continual) weeping, wept.
Verses using בְּכִי
All 27 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 45:2 · KJV
And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
Deuteronomy 34:8 · KJV
And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
Judges 21:2 · KJV
And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
2 Samuel 13:36 · KJV
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.
2 Kings 20:3 · KJV
I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
Ezra 3:13 · KJV
So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
Esther 4:3 · KJV
And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Job 16:16 · KJV
My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Job 28:11 · KJV
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
Psalm 30:5 · KJV
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Isaiah 15:2 · KJV
He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
Isaiah 15:3 · KJV
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
Isaiah 15:5 · KJV
My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
Isaiah 16:9 · KJV
Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
Isaiah 22:4 · KJV
Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
Isaiah 22:12 · KJV
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
Isaiah 38:3 · KJV
And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
Isaiah 65:19 · KJV
And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
Jeremiah 3:21 · KJV
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
Jeremiah 9:10 · KJV
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
Jeremiah 31:9 · KJV
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Jeremiah 31:15 · KJV
Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
Jeremiah 31:16 · KJV
Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
Jeremiah 48:5 · KJV
For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
Jeremiah 48:32 · KJV
O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
Joel 2:12 · KJV
Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
Malachi 2:13 · KJV
And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
Common questions
What does Strong's H1065 mean?
H1065 is the Hebrew word בְּכִי (Bᵉkîy), meaning a weeping; by analogy, a dripping.
How is H1065 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it weeping (19 times), wept (4 times), weep (2 times), sore (1 time), overflowing (1 time), among others.
How many times does H1065 appear in the Bible?
בְּכִי (Bᵉkîy) is tagged in 27 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1065 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H1058 (בָּכָה).
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