The meaning of “בֹּכִים”

Understanding Bôkîym reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

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Hebrew Text

Strong's Concordance

בֹּכִים

Phoneticbo-keem'

TransliterationBôkîym

Grammar Code

N:N--L

Noun

Strong's Definition

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

plural active participle of בָּכָה; (with the article) the weepers Bochim. - § Bochim = "weeping" - Bo-kim, a place in Palestine 1) a place near Gilgal (or Bethel), where sons of Israel wept

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

2 total references

Reference	Text
Judges 2:1	“And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.”
Judges 2:5	“And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord.”

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