HebrewH1217Noun (Masculine)

בָּצֵק

ba.tseq

5Occurrences
H1217Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

dough (as swelling by fermentation)

from H1216 (בָּצֵק);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
dough (unleavened)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

בָּצֵק appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Exodus
2
2 Samuel
1
Hosea
1
Jeremiah
1

Key Passages

2 Samuel 13:8BSB

So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked them.

Exodus 12:34BSB

So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.

Exodus 12:39BSB

Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.

Hosea 7:4BSB

They are all adulterers,like an oven heated by a bakerwho needs not stoke the firefrom the kneading to the rising of the dough.

Jeremiah 7:18BSB

The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.

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