בַּקְבֻּק

bakbuk · jar, flask

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1228 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

bakbuk (בַּקְבֻּק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “jar, flask”.

Jar or narrow-necked bottle of clay; the name imitates the sound of the liquid pouring out.

How to say it

bak·buk

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A narrow-necked clay container.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • jug ×2
  • jar ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • 1 Kings 14:3

    Take in your hand ten loaves of bread, and cakes, and a jar of honey, and go in to him; he will tell you what will happen to the boy.”

  • Jeremiah 19:1

    Thus says YHWH: “Go and buy a potter's earthenware jug, and take some of the elders of the people and of the elders of the priests,

  • Jeremiah 19:10

    Then you shall break the jug before the eyes of the men who go with you,