בְּקִיעַ (bĕqîaʿ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning fissure. It appears
2 times
in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1233).
Also rendered
breach
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 271c)
Range of meaning (TWOT 271c)fissure, breach; cleft
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
בְּקִיעַnoun, masculine: fissure, breach
Strong's H1233בְּקִיעַ: a fissure KJV:breach, cleft.
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.
Root family 271: בָּקַעbāqaʿ — cleave, break open, through; cleave open, break through, into; be cleft, rent open, be broken into; cut to pieces, rend open; be ripped open; break into; the city was broken into; burst, themselves, open, cleave asunder; rend…