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H1237 בִּקְעָה (biqʻâh) bik-aw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 1234; properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains

KJV Usage: plain, valley

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בִּקְעָה (biq.ah) — Valley (of Jericho). This name means plain, level valley Another name of kik.kar (כִּכָּר "Plain" H3603G)

בִּקְעָה (biq.ah) — (Mizpah) Valley. This name means plain, level valley Combined with mits.pah (מִצְפָּה "Mizpah" H4709I)

בִּקְעָה (biq.ah) — (Lebanon) Valley. This name means plain, level valley Combined with le.va.non (לְבָנוֹן " of Lebanon" H3844I)

בִּקְעָה (biq.ah) — (Aven) Valley. This name means plain, level valley Combined with a.ven (אָ֫וֶן " of Aven" H0206)

בִּקְעָה (biq.ah) — valley. 1) valley 2) plain, level valley Aramaic equivalent: biq.a (בִּקְעָא "plain" H1236)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · בקע

Landforms | ≈ מִישֹׁור | ≠ הַר · שֶׁפִי

valley, plain = a more or less flat and relatively low region, usually between uplands, hills or mountains, and following the course of a stream

GEN 11:2 · DEU 8:7 · DEU 11:11 · DEU 34:3 · JOS 11:8 · JOS 11:17 · JOS 12:7 · 2CH 35:22 · NEH 6:2 · PSA 104:8 · ISA 40:4 · ISA 41:18 · ISA 63:14 · EZK 3:22 · EZK 3:23 · EZK 8:4 · EZK 37:1 · EZK 37:2 · DAN 3:1 · ZEC 12:11

Enio R. Mueller

name · בִּקְעָה · אָוֶן

Names of Locations

Valley of Aven = location; probably to be identified with the Biqah Valley in present-day Lebanon (Andersen/Freedman)

AMO 1:5

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בִּקְעָה n.f. valley (cleft), plain valley

plain

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