TheWay Bible
Free on iPhoneStudy, memorize, journal, and pray.
Get the app

Home›Strong's concordance›H1217

בָּצֵק H1217

H1217 is the Hebrew word בָּצֵק, transliterated bâtsêq and said baw-tsake'. The King James Version most often renders it dough.

Word: בָּצֵקTransliteration: bâtsêqSaid: baw-tsake'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 5 verses

What it means

dough (as swelling by fermentation).

Where it comes from

from H1216 (בָּצֵק).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 5 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

dough 4×flour 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: dough, flour.

Verses using בָּצֵק

All 5 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 12:34 · KJV

And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

Exodus 12:39 · KJV

And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.

2 Samuel 13:8 · KJV

So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.

Jeremiah 7:18 · KJV

The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

Hosea 7:4 · KJV

They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.

Common questions

What does Strong's H1217 mean?

H1217 is the Hebrew word בָּצֵק (bâtsêq), meaning dough (as swelling by fermentation).

How is H1217 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it dough (4 times), flour (1 time).

How many times does H1217 appear in the Bible?

בָּצֵק (bâtsêq) is tagged in 5 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H1217 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H1216 (בָּצֵק).

Nearby entries

Strong's concordance →

Keep reading in TheWay Bible App

Read, study, memorize, journal, and pray — tap any word for its Greek or Hebrew definition, save verses to memorize, and keep a journal. Free on the web and iOS.