בָּכָה
bākâ
weep
Strong's H1058VerbHebrewTWOT 243

בָּכָה (bākâ) is a Hebrew verb meaning weep. It appears 116 times in 25 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1058).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 243)

Range of meaning (TWOT 243)weep, bewail; weep bitterly, weep upon; lament; bemoan; complain, make lamentation, mourn
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

בָּכָה verb: weep, bewail

Strong's H1058 בָּכָה: to weep; generally to bemoan
KJV:× at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, × more, mourn, × sore, × with tears, weep.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 21:16Exodus 2:6Leviticus 10:6

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