בָּעָה
Transliteration
bāʿâ
Pronunciation
baw-aw'
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 259

Strong’s Definitions

בָּעָה bâʻâh, baw-aw'; a primitive root; to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask:—cause, inquire, seek up, swell out.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H1158 in the following manner: enquire (2x), boil (1x), sought up (1x), swelling out.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H1158 in the following manner: enquire (2x), boil (1x), sought up (1x), swelling out.

  1. to seek out, swell, cause to swell, boil up, enquire

    1. (Qal)

      1. to seek, enquire

      2. to cause to boil up

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be searched out

      2. to be swelling, bulging, swelling out

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּעָה bâʻâh, baw-aw'; a primitive root; to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask:—cause, inquire, seek up, swell out.
STRONGS H1158: Abbreviations
†[בָּעָה] verb inquire, cause to swell or boil up (Late Hebrew id; Arabic بَغَى seek, suppurate, swell; Aramaic H1156 בְּעָא, axib seek) —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תִּבְעֶה Isaiah 64:1; 2nd person masculine plural תִּבְעָיוּן Isaiah 21:12; Imperative בְּעָיוּ Isaiah 21:12; —
1.of rising desire, seek, inquire, absolute, of inquiring of prophet Isaiah 21:12 (twice in verse).
2. cause to boil up, ־אֵשׁ מַיִם תִּב׳ Isaiah 64:1 (but gloss Che).
Niph. Perfect נִבְעוּ Obadiah 6 searched out (|| נֶחְפְּשׂוּ); Participle נִבְעֶה Isaiah 30:13 swelling, swelling out (of decaying wall; Di swelling, enlarging, of crack in wall).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

Isaiah 21:12; Isaiah 21:12; Isaiah 21:12; Isaiah 30:13; Isaiah 64:1; Isaiah 64:1

Obadiah

Obadiah 1:6