H1237 - בִּקְעָה (biqʻâh)

H1237 בִּקְעָה (biqʻâh) bik-aw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

Valley (of Jericho)

Biblical Persons & Places

Jericho_Valley Jericho

A location only mentioned at Deu.34.3; only referred to as Jericho_Valley (יְרִיחוֹ בִּקְעָה).

Strong's Definition

properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains

Derivation: from H1234 (בָּקַע);

KJV Usage: plain, valley.

TWOT Reference: 271b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) valley

2) plain, level valley

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3006 G3977

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

This name means plain, level valley Another name of kik.kar (כִּכָּר "Plain" H3603G)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בִּקְעָה biq‛âh BDB Definition: 1) valley 2) plain, level valley Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1234 Same Word by TWOT Number: 271b Total KJV Occurrences: 20

Bible Occurrences (20)

11:2

8:7 11:11 34:3

11:8 11:17 12:7

35:22

6:2

104:8

40:4 41:18 63:14

3:22 3:23 8:4 37:1 37:2

1:5

12:11

Genesis 11:2

And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Deuteronomy 8:7

For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks... and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;

Deuteronomy 11:11

But the land that you are crossing [the Jordan] to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in... the rain from heaven.

Deuteronomy 34:3

the Negev -, and the region from the Valley of Jericho the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.

Joshua 11:8

and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as...... the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down,... leaving no survivors.

Joshua 11:17

from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.

Joshua 12:7

And these [are] the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites... conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave [them] as an inheritance

2 Chronicles 35:22

Josiah, however,... did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him on the Plain of Megiddo.