בְּקִיעַ
bekia · breach
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1233 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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bekia (בְּקִיעַ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “breach”.
A breach, a crack opened in a wall.
How to say it
be·ki·a
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
- A broken opening in a wall or house.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- breaches ×1
- splinters ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Isaiah 22:9
And the breaches of the city of David you saw, that they were many; and you collected the waters of the lower pool.
- Amos 6:11
For look, YHWH commands, and he will strike the great house into fragments, and the small house into splinters.