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HebrewH1158Verb

בָּעָה

ba.ah

3Occurrences
H1158Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. to seek out, swell, cause to swell, boil up, enquire 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to seek, enquire 1a2) to cause to boil up 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be searched out 1b2) to be swelling, bulging, swelling out

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

בָּעָה appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
2
Obadiah
1

Key Passages

Isaiah 21:12BSB

The watchman replies,“Morning has come, but also the night.If you would inquire, then inquire.Come back yet again.”

Isaiah 30:13BSB

this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail,a bulge in a high wall,whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!

Obadiah 1:6BSB

But how Esau will be pillaged,his hidden treasures sought out!

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.