Strong’s H1058 · Hebrew

בָּכָה
bâkâh
baw-kaw'

Definition

to weep; generally to bemoan

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • at all
  • bewail
  • complain
  • make lamentation
  • more
  • mourn
  • sore
  • with tears
  • weep

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.