1065. beki

Lexicon

beki: Weeping, crying

Original Word: בְּכִי
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: Bkiy
Pronunciation: beh-kee
Phonetic Spelling: (bek-ee')
Definition: Weeping, crying
Meaning: a weeping, a dripping

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

overflowing, sore, continual weeping, wept

From bakah; a weeping; by analogy, a dripping -- overflowing, X sore, (continual) weeping, wept.

see HEBREW bakah

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from bakah
Definition
a weeping
NASB Translation
bitterly (1), bitterly* (3), continual weeping (1), flowing (1), tears (1), weep (2), weeping (19), wept* (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

בְּכִי noun masculine^{Judges 21:2} weeping — בְּכִי Judges 21:2 20t. (also construct Deuteronomy 34:8, etc.); בִּבְכִ֑י Genesis 45:2; בֶּ֑כִי Isaiah 15:2 6t.; suffix בִּכְִיי֑ Psalm 6:9; — weeping Psalm 30:6; Isaiah 15:2,5; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb (with בכה) Judges 21:2; 2 Samuel 13:36; 2 Kings 20:3 = Isaiah 38:3 compare Isaiah 16:9 (בבכי) Jeremiah 48:32 (מבכי); audible ׳קול ב Psalm 6:9; Isaiah 65:19; Ezra 3:13 compare Jeremiah 3:21; Jeremiah 31:16; Isaiah 15:3 (ייליל יֹרֵד בבכי see Jeremiah 9:17); so also Genesis 45:2 (׳ויתן אתקֿלו בב) & Jeremiah 48:5 (בבכי יעלה בכי i.e. the sound of it shall ascend) — but text here suspicious, compare Isaiah 15:5; as disfiguring Job 16:16; "" words of mourning Esther 4:3 (אֵבֶל, צוֺם, מִסְמֵּד), Jeremiah 31:9 (תחנונים compare Jeremiah 3:21), Jeremiah 9:10; Jeremiah 31:15 (נהי), compare בכי אבל משׁהDeuteronomy 34:8 & Di on the passage; cotrition (humiliation) Joel 2:12 (צום, מִסְמֵּד), Isaiah 22:12 (מספד, קרחה, חגור שׂק), compare Malachi 2:13 (אנקה, דמעה); of bitter weeping Isaiah 22:4 אֲמָרֵר בַּבֶּ֑כִי, compare Jeremiah 31:15 (& Isaiah 33:7); בכי יעזר Isaiah 16:9; Jeremiah 48:32 i.e. Ya`zer in Moab, compare יעזר proper name; Psalm 102:10 (מסכתי ׳שׁקוי בב compare Psalm 42:4; Psalm 80:6 & Babylonian dîmtu maštîtî, tears (were) my drink Zim^{BP 34, 42}). Trop., of trickling streams (נהרות) in mines — hindrance to miners Job 28:11.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root בכה (b-k-h), which means "to weep" or "to cry."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G2805: κλαυθμός (klauthmos) • "weeping" or "lamentation," used in contexts of mourning or sorrow.
• G2870: κοπετός (kopetos) • "beating of the breast," often associated with lamentation or mourning.
• G2906: κράζω (krazo) • "to cry out," though not directly equivalent, it conveys a similar sense of vocal expression of emotion, often in distress or supplication.

These Greek terms reflect similar themes of weeping and lamentation found in the Hebrew בְּכִי (beki), illustrating the continuity of emotional expression across the biblical texts.

Usage: The word בְּכִי (beki) is used in the Hebrew Bible to denote expressions of sorrow, lamentation, or mourning. It is often associated with personal grief or communal lament.

Context: • בְּכִי (beki) appears in various contexts throughout the Hebrew Scriptures, often in poetic or narrative passages that convey deep emotional distress. It is used to describe the weeping of individuals in times of personal loss or national tragedy.
• For example, in Genesis 45:2, Joseph weeps so loudly that the Egyptians and the household of Pharaoh hear it: "And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh's household heard about it."
• In Jeremiah 31:15, the prophet speaks of Rachel weeping for her children, a metaphor for the sorrow of the Israelites: "This is what the LORD says: 'A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.'"
• The term is also used in the context of communal lament, as seen in Lamentations 1:2, where the city of Jerusalem is personified as a woman weeping bitterly in the night: "Bitterly she weeps at night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers, there is no one to comfort her; all her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies."
• בְּכִי (beki) captures the essence of human sorrow and the expression of grief, serving as a poignant reminder of the emotional depth found in the biblical narrative.

Forms and Transliterations

בְּכִ֖י בְּכִ֣י בְּכִ֥י בְכִ֖י בְכִ֣י בִּבְכִ֑י בִּבְכִ֖י בִּבְכִ֣י בִּבְכִ֤י בִּבְכִ֥י בִּבְכִי֙ בִּכְיִֽי׃ בֶ֑כִי בֶּ֑כִי בֶּ֗כִי בַּבֶּ֑כִי בַּבֶּֽכִי׃ בבכי בבכי׃ בכי בכיי׃ וּבְבְכִ֖י וּבְכִ֖י ובבכי ובכי לְבֶ֑כִי לִבְכִי֙ לבכי מִ֭בְּכִי מִבְּכִ֨י מִבֶּ֔כִי מבכי bab·be·ḵî babBechi babbeḵî be·ḵî bə·ḵî ḇe·ḵî ḇə·ḵî beChi beḵî bəḵî ḇeḵî ḇəḵî biḇ·ḵî biḇḵî bichYi biḵ·yî biḵyî bivChi lə·ḇe·ḵî ləḇeḵî leVechi liḇ·ḵî liḇḵî livChi mib·be·ḵî mib·bə·ḵî Mibbechi mibbeḵî mibbəḵî ū·ḇə·ḇə·ḵî ū·ḇə·ḵî ūḇəḇəḵî ūḇəḵî uveChi uveveChi veChi

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 45:2
HEB: אֶת־ קֹל֖וֹ בִּבְכִ֑י וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּ מִצְרַ֔יִם
INT: aloud loudly overflowing heard Egyptian

Deuteronomy 34:8
HEB: וַֽיִּתְּמ֔וּ יְמֵ֥י בְכִ֖י אֵ֥בֶל מֹשֶֽׁה׃
NAS: then the days of weeping [and] mourning
KJV: so the days of weeping [and] mourning
INT: came the days of weeping mourning Moses

Judges 21:2
HEB: קוֹלָ֔ם וַיִּבְכּ֖וּ בְּכִ֥י גָדֽוֹל׃
INT: their voices and wept overflowing sore

2 Samuel 13:36
HEB: עֲבָדָ֔יו בָּכ֕וּ בְּכִ֖י גָּד֥וֹל מְאֹֽד׃
INT: his servants wept overflowing aloud very

Ezra 3:13
HEB: הַשִּׂמְחָ֔ה לְק֖וֹל בְּכִ֣י הָעָ֑ם כִּ֣י
NAS: from the sound of the weeping of the people,
KJV: from the noise of the weeping of the people:
INT: of joy the sound of the weeping of the people for

Esther 4:3
HEB: לַיְּהוּדִ֔ים וְצ֥וֹם וּבְכִ֖י וּמִסְפֵּ֑ד שַׂ֣ק
NAS: with fasting, weeping and wailing;
KJV: and fasting, and weeping, and wailing;
INT: the Jews fasting weeping and wailing sackcloth

Job 16:16
HEB: ק) מִנִּי־ בֶ֑כִי וְעַ֖ל עַפְעַפַּ֣י
NAS: is flushed from weeping, And deep darkness
KJV: is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids
INT: daub from weeping is on my eyelids

Job 28:11
HEB: מִ֭בְּכִי נְהָר֣וֹת חִבֵּ֑שׁ
NAS: up the streams from flowing, And what is hidden
KJV: the floods from overflowing; and [the thing that is] hid
INT: flowing the streams dams

Psalm 6:8
HEB: יְ֝הוָ֗ה ק֣וֹל בִּכְיִֽי׃
NAS: has heard the voice of my weeping.
KJV: hath heard the voice of my weeping.
INT: the LORD the voice of my weeping

Psalm 30:5
HEB: בָּ֭עֶרֶב יָלִ֥ין בֶּ֗כִי וְלַבֹּ֥קֶר רִנָּֽה׃
NAS: is for a lifetime; Weeping may last
KJV: [is] life: weeping may endure
INT: the night may last Weeping the morning A shout

Psalm 102:9
HEB: אָכָ֑לְתִּי וְ֝שִׁקֻּוַ֗י בִּבְכִ֥י מָסָֽכְתִּי׃
NAS: And mingled my drink with weeping
KJV: and mingled my drink with weeping,
INT: have eaten my drink weeping and mingled

Isaiah 15:2
HEB: וְדִיבֹ֛ן הַבָּמ֖וֹת לְבֶ֑כִי עַל־ נְב֞וֹ
NAS: [even] to the high places to weep. Moab
KJV: the high places, to weep: Moab
INT: and Dibon the high to weep over Nebo

Isaiah 15:3
HEB: יְיֵלִ֖יל יֹרֵ֥ד בַּבֶּֽכִי׃
NAS: is wailing, dissolved in tears.
KJV: every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
INT: is wailing dissolved tears

Isaiah 15:5
HEB: מַעֲלֵ֣ה הַלּוּחִ֗ית בִּבְכִי֙ יַֽעֲלֶה־ בּ֔וֹ
NAS: of Luhith weeping; Surely
KJV: of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up;
INT: the ascent of Luhith weeping go Surely

Isaiah 16:9
HEB: כֵּ֡ן אֶבְכֶּ֞ה בִּבְכִ֤י יַעְזֵר֙ גֶּ֣פֶן
NAS: I will weep bitterly for Jazer,
KJV: Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer
INT: after that will weep bitterly Jazer the vine

Isaiah 22:4
HEB: מִנִּ֖י אֲמָרֵ֣ר בַּבֶּ֑כִי אַל־ תָּאִ֣יצוּ
NAS: away from me, Let me weep bitterly,
KJV: I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly,
INT: away bitterly weep not try

Isaiah 22:12
HEB: בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא לִבְכִי֙ וּלְמִסְפֵּ֔ד וּלְקָרְחָ֖ה
NAS: called [you] to weeping, to wailing,
KJV: call to weeping, and to mourning,
INT: day he weeping to wailing to shaving

Isaiah 65:19
HEB: ע֔וֹד ק֥וֹל בְּכִ֖י וְק֥וֹל זְעָקָֽה׃
NAS: in her The voice of weeping and the sound
KJV: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard
INT: longer her the voice of weeping and the sound of crying

Jeremiah 3:21
HEB: שְׁפָיִ֣ים נִשְׁמָ֔ע בְּכִ֥י תַחֲנוּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י
NAS: on the bare heights, The weeping [and] the supplications
KJV: upon the high places, weeping [and] supplications
INT: the bare is heard the weeping the supplications of the sons

Jeremiah 9:10
HEB: הֶ֨הָרִ֜ים אֶשָּׂ֧א בְכִ֣י וָנֶ֗הִי וְעַל־
NAS: I will take up a weeping and wailing,
KJV: will I take up a weeping and wailing,
INT: the mountains will take A weeping and wailing and for

Jeremiah 31:9
HEB: בִּבְכִ֣י יָבֹ֗אוּ וּֽבְתַחֲנוּנִים֮
NAS: With weeping they will come,
KJV: They shall come with weeping, and with supplications
INT: weeping will come supplication

Jeremiah 31:15
HEB: נִשְׁמָע֙ נְהִי֙ בְּכִ֣י תַמְרוּרִ֔ים רָחֵ֖ל
NAS: [and] bitter weeping. Rachel
KJV: [and] bitter weeping; Rahel
INT: is heard Lamentation weeping bitter Rachel

Jeremiah 31:16
HEB: מִנְעִ֤י קוֹלֵךְ֙ מִבֶּ֔כִי וְעֵינַ֖יִךְ מִדִּמְעָ֑ה
NAS: your voice from weeping And your eyes
KJV: thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes
INT: Restrain your voice weeping and your eyes tears

Jeremiah 48:5
HEB: (הַלּוּחִ֔ית ק) בִּבְכִ֖י יַֽעֲלֶה־ בֶּ֑כִי
NAS: They will ascend with continual weeping;
KJV: of Luhith continual weeping
INT: the ascent Luhith continual will ascend weeping

Jeremiah 48:5
HEB: בִּבְכִ֖י יַֽעֲלֶה־ בֶּ֑כִי כִּ֚י בְּמוֹרַ֣ד
NAS: with continual weeping; For at the descent
KJV: continual weeping shall go up;
INT: continual will ascend weeping at the descent

28 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1065
28 Occurrences

bab·be·ḵî — 2 Occ.
bə·ḵî — 9 Occ.
biḵ·yî — 1 Occ.
biḇ·ḵî — 6 Occ.
lə·ḇe·ḵî — 1 Occ.
liḇ·ḵî — 1 Occ.
mib·bə·ḵî — 3 Occ.
ū·ḇə·ḵî — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·ḇə·ḵî — 1 Occ.
ḇə·ḵî — 3 Occ.