# בָּכָה (bakhah)

Israeli respelling: ba-khah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H1058. 100 Old Testament occurrences.

to weep; generally to bemoan

King James renderings: [idiom] at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, [idiom] more, mourn, [idiom] sore, [idiom] with tears, weep.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/bakhah-h1058

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 21:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/21/16) — And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child.…
- [Genesis 23:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/23/2) — And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
- [Genesis 27:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/27/38) — And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, an…
- [Genesis 29:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/11) — And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
- [Genesis 33:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/33/4) — And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
- [Genesis 37:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/37/35) — And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the gra…
- [Genesis 42:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/42/24) — And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound h…
- [Genesis 43:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/43/30) — And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept th…
- [Genesis 45:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/45/14) — And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
- [Genesis 45:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/45/15) — Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
- [Genesis 46:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/46/29) — And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his nec…
- [Genesis 50:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/50/1) — And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
- [Genesis 50:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/50/3) — And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threesc…
- [Genesis 50:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/50/17) — So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, w…
- [Exodus 2:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/2/6) — And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebr…
- [Leviticus 10:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/10/6) — And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and…
- [Numbers 11:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/11/4) — And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to…
- [Numbers 11:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/11/10) — Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatl…
- [Numbers 11:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/11/13) — Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
- [Numbers 11:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/11/18) — And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, sayi…
- [Numbers 11:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/11/20) — But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is a…
- [Numbers 14:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/14/1) — And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
- [Numbers 20:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/20/29) — And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
- [Numbers 25:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/25/6) — And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight o…
- [Deuteronomy 1:45](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/1/45) — And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
- [Deuteronomy 21:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/21/13) — And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full m…
- [Deuteronomy 34:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/34/8) — And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
- [Judges 2:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/2/4) — And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, a…
- [Judges 11:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/37) — And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bew…
- [Judges 11:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/38) — And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
- [Judges 14:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/14/16) — And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my…
- [Judges 14:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/14/17) — And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay…
- [Judges 20:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/20/23) — (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to batt…
- [Judges 20:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/20/26) — Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and…
- [Judges 21:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/21/2) — And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
- [Ruth 1:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/1/9) — The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, an…
- [Ruth 1:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/1/14) — And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
- [1 Samuel 1:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/1/7) — And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
- [1 Samuel 1:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/1/8) — Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to t…
- [1 Samuel 1:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/1/10) — And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
- [1 Samuel 11:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/11/4) — Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and…
- [1 Samuel 11:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/11/5) — And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings…
- [1 Samuel 20:41](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/20/41) — And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three t…
- [1 Samuel 24:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/24/16) — And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Sau…
- [1 Samuel 30:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/30/4) — Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
- [2 Samuel 1:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/1/12) — And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of…
- [2 Samuel 1:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/1/24) — Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
- [2 Samuel 3:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/3/16) — And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
- [2 Samuel 3:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/3/32) — And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
- [2 Samuel 3:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/3/34) — Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again…
- [2 Samuel 12:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/21) — Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but wh…
- [2 Samuel 12:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/22) — And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child…
- [2 Samuel 13:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/13/36) — And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and…
- [2 Samuel 15:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/15/23) — And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the…
- [2 Samuel 15:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/15/30) — And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people…
- [2 Samuel 18:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/18/33) — And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my…
- [2 Samuel 19:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/19/1) — And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
- [2 Kings 8:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/8/11) — And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
- [2 Kings 8:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/8/12) — And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong…
- [2 Kings 13:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/13/14) — Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and sa…
- [2 Kings 20:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/20/3) — I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in t…
- [2 Kings 22:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/22/19) — Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and agai…
- [2 Chronicles 34:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/34/27) — Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the…
- [Ezra 3:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/3/12) — But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of t…
- [Ezra 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/10/1) — Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out…
- [Nehemiah 1:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/1/4) — And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of…
- [Nehemiah 8:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/8/9) — And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, Thi…
- [Esther 8:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/8/3) — And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Ag…
- [Job 2:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/2/12) — And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, an…
- [Job 27:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/27/15) — Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
- [Job 30:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/30/25) — Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
- [Job 30:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/30/31) — My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
- [Job 31:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/31/38) — If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
- [Psalms 69:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/69/10) — When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
- [Psalms 78:64](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/64) — Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
- [Psalms 126:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/126/6) — He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
- [Psalms 137:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/137/1) — By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
- [Ecclesiastes 3:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/3/4) — A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
- [Isaiah 16:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/16/9) — Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shou…
- [Isaiah 30:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/30/19) — For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when…
- [Isaiah 33:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/33/7) — Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
- [Isaiah 38:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/38/3) — And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which i…
- [Jeremiah 9:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/9/1) — Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
- [Jeremiah 13:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/13/17) — But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, beca…
- [Jeremiah 22:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/22/10) — Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native countr…
- [Jeremiah 31:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/31/15) — Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted fo…
- [Jeremiah 41:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/41/6) — And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he…
- [Jeremiah 48:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/48/32) — O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: th…
- [Jeremiah 50:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/50/4) — In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weep…
- [Lamentations 1:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/1/2) — She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dea…
- [Lamentations 1:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/1/16) — For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my c…
- [Ezekiel 8:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/8/14) — Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD’s house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
- [Ezekiel 24:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/24/16) — Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy…
- [Ezekiel 24:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/24/23) — And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniqui…
- [Ezekiel 27:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/27/31) — And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart a…
- [Hosea 12:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/12/4) — Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with u…
- [Joel 1:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joel/1/5) — Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
- [Joel 2:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joel/2/17) — Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not…
- [Micah 1:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/1/10) — Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
- [Zechariah 7:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/7/3) — And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month,…