בָּכָה

Genesis 21:16 וַתֵּֽבְךְּ׃ and she wept

Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.

Genesis 23:2 וְלִבְכֹּתָֽהּ׃ and to weep for her

She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.

Genesis 27:38 וַיֵּֽבְךְּ׃ and he wept

Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.

Genesis 29:11 וַיֵּֽבְךְּ׃ and he wept

Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

Genesis 33:4 וַיִּבְכּֽוּ׃ and they wept

Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

Genesis 37:35 וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ and he wept for

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

Genesis 42:24 וַיֵּ֑בְךְּ and he wept

And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.

Genesis 43:30 לִבְכּ֑וֹת וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ to weep, and he wept

Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.

Genesis 45:14 וַיֵּ֑בְךְּ בָּכָ֖ה and he wept, he wept

Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced.

Genesis 45:15 וַיֵּ֣בְךְּ and he wept

Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him.

Genesis 46:29 וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ and he wept

Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.

Genesis 50:1 וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ and he wept

Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.

Genesis 50:3 וַיִּבְכּ֥וּ and they wept for

taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Genesis 50:17 וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ and he wept

‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.

Exodus 2:6 בֹּכֶ֑ה [was] crying

When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”

Leviticus 10:6 יִבְכּוּ֙ they will weep for

Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.

Numbers 11:4 וַיִּבְכּ֗וּ and they wept

Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?

Numbers 11:10 בֹּכֶה֙ weeping

Then Moses heard the people of family after family weeping at the entrances to their tents, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was also displeased.

Numbers 11:13 יִבְכּ֤וּ they are weeping

Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’

Numbers 11:18 בְּכִיתֶם֩ you have wept

And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat.

Numbers 11:20 וַתִּבְכּ֤וּ and you have wept

but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”

Numbers 14:1 וַיִּבְכּ֥וּ and they wept

Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.

Numbers 20:29 וַיִּבְכּ֤וּ and they wept for

When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.

Numbers 25:6 בֹכִ֔ים [were] weeping

Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Deuteronomy 1:45 וַתִּבְכּ֖וּ and you wept

And you returned and wept before the LORD, but He would not listen to your voice or give ear to you.

Deuteronomy 21:13 וּבָֽכְתָ֛ה and she will weep for

and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

Deuteronomy 34:8 וַיִּבְכּוּ֩ and they wept for

The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.

Judges 2:4 וַיִּבְכּֽוּ׃ and they wept

When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

Judges 11:37 וְאֶבְכֶּה֙ so I may weep

She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander for two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”

Judges 11:38 וַתֵּ֥בְךְּ and she wept

“Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.

Judges 14:16 וַתֵּבְךְּ֩ and she wept

Then Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”

Judges 14:17 וַתֵּ֤בְךְּ and she wept

She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the riddle to her people.

Judges 20:23 וַיִּבְכּ֣וּ and they wept

They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”

Judges 20:26 וַיִּבְכּוּ֙ and they wept

Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.

Judges 21:2 וַיִּבְכּ֖וּ and they wept

So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.

Ruth 1:9 וַתִּבְכֶּֽינָה׃ and they wept

May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud

Ruth 1:14 וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ינָה and they wept

Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

1 Samuel 1:7 וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ה and she wept

And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.

1 Samuel 1:8 תִבְכִּ֗י do you weep

“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

1 Samuel 1:10 וּבָכֹ֥ה תִבְכֶּֽה׃ and utterly <to weep>, she wept

In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.

1 Samuel 11:4 וַיִּבְכּֽוּ׃ and they wept

When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.

1 Samuel 11:5 יִבְכּ֑וּ they are weeping

Just then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.

1 Samuel 20:41 וַיִּבְכּוּ֙ and they wept for

When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.

1 Samuel 24:16 וַיֵּֽבְךְּ׃ and he wept

When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your voice, David my son?” Then Saul wept aloud

1 Samuel 30:4 וַיִּבְכּ֑וּ לִבְכּֽוֹת׃ and they wept, to weep

So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.

2 Samuel 1:12 וַיִּבְכּ֔וּ and they wept

They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

2 Samuel 1:24 בְּכֶ֑ינָה weep

O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.

2 Samuel 3:16 וּבָכֹ֛ה and weeping

Her husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.

2 Samuel 3:32 וַיֵּבְךְּ֙ וַיִּבְכּ֖וּ and he wept, and they wept

When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.

2 Samuel 3:34 לִבְכּ֥וֹת to weep

Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.

2 Samuel 12:21 וַתֵּ֔בְךְּ and you wept

“What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”

2 Samuel 12:22 וָֽאֶבְכֶּ֑ה and I wept

David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’

2 Samuel 13:36 וַיִּבְכּ֑וּ בָּכ֕וּ and they wept, they wept

And as he finished speaking, the sons of the king came in, wailing loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.

2 Samuel 15:23 בּוֹכִים֙ [were] weeping

Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.

2 Samuel 15:30 וּבוֹכֶ֗ה וּבָכֹֽה׃ and weeping, and wept

But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.

2 Samuel 18:33 וַיֵּ֑בְךְּ and he wept

The king was shaken and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

2 Samuel 19:1 בֹּכֶ֛ה [is] weeping

Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”

2 Kings 8:11 וַיֵּ֖בְךְּ and he wept

Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.

2 Kings 8:12 בֹכֶ֑ה weeping

“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”

2 Kings 13:14 וַיֵּ֤בְךְּ and he wept

When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”

2 Kings 20:3 וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ and he wept

“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

2 Kings 22:19 וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ה and you wept

because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.

2 Chronicles 34:27 וַתֵּ֣בְךְּ and you wept

because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.

Ezra 3:12 בֹּכִ֖ים [were] weeping

But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.

Ezra 10:1 בֹּכֶה֙ בָכ֥וּ weeping, they wept

While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.

Nehemiah 1:4 וָֽאֶבְכֶּ֔ה and I wept

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 8:9 תִּבְכּ֑וּ בוֹכִים֙ you weep, [were] weeping

Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.

Esther 8:3 וַתֵּ֣בְךְּ and she wept

And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.

Job 2:12 וַיִּבְכּ֑וּ and they wept

When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.

Job 27:15 תִבְכֶּֽינָה׃ they will weep

His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.

Job 30:25 בָ֭כִיתִי did I weep

Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

Job 30:31 בֹּכִֽים׃ weepers

My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.

Job 31:38 יִבְכָּיֽוּן׃ they wept !

if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

Psalm 69:10 וָאֶבְכֶּ֣ה and I wept

I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.

Psalm 78:64 תִבְכֶּֽינָה׃ they wept

His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.

Psalm 126:6 וּבָכֹה֮ and weeping

He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.

Psalm 137:1 בָּכִ֑ינוּ we wept

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

Ecclesiastes 3:4 לִבְכּוֹת֙ to weep

a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

Isaiah 16:9 אֶבְכֶּ֞ה I weep

So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.

Isaiah 30:19 בָּכ֣וֹ תִבְכֶּ֗ה certainly <weep>, you will weep

O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.

Isaiah 33:7 יִבְכָּיֽוּן׃ they weep !

Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.

Isaiah 38:3 וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ and he wept

saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Jeremiah 9:1 וְאֶבְכֶּה֙ so I may bewail

Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.

Jeremiah 13:17 תִּבְכֶּֽה־ it will weep

But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.

Jeremiah 22:10 תִּבְכּ֣וּ בְּכ֤וּ בָכוֹ֙ you weep, weep, continually <to weep>

Do not weep for him who is dead; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for him who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.

Jeremiah 31:15 מְבַכָּ֣ה [is] weeping

This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

Jeremiah 41:6 וּבֹכֶ֑ה and weeping

And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When Ishmael encountered the men, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”

Jeremiah 48:32 אֶבְכֶּה־ I will weep

I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.

Jeremiah 50:4 וּבָכוֹ֙ and weeping

“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.

Lamentations 1:2 בָּכ֨וֹ תִבְכֶּ֜ה bitterly <weep>, she weeps

She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.

Lamentations 1:16 בוֹכִיָּ֗ה [am] weeping

For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.

Ezekiel 8:14 מְבַכּ֖וֹת bewailing

Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz.

Ezekiel 24:16 תִבְכֶּ֔ה you must weep

“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.

Ezekiel 24:23 תִבְכּ֑וּ you must weep

Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.

Ezekiel 27:31 וּבָכ֥וּ and they will weep

They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.

Hosea 12:4 בָּכָ֖ה he wept

Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—

Joel 1:5 וּבְכ֔וּ and weep

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.

Joel 2:17 יִבְכּוּ֙ let them weep

Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”

Micah 1:10 בָּכ֖וֹ תִּבְכּ֑וּ at all <weep>, you weep

Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.

Zechariah 7:3 הַֽאֶבְכֶּה֙ ¿ will I weep

by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”