King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1066
Transliteration: Bokim
Phonetic Spelling: (bo-keem')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: "weepers", a place in Palestine
Meaning: Bochim -- "weepers", a place in Palestine
Word Summary
Bokim: "weepers", a place in Palestine
Original Word: בֹּכִיםTransliteration: Bokim
Phonetic Spelling: (bo-keem')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: "weepers", a place in Palestine
Meaning: Bochim -- "weepers", a place in Palestine
Strong's Concordance
Bochim Plural active participle of bakah; (with the article) the weepers; Bo-kim, a place in Palestine -- Bochim.
see HEBREW bakah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1066. Bokim
בֹּכִים proper name, of a location near Bethel, אלהַֿבֹּכִים Judges 2:1, בֹּכִים 2:5 (compare 2:4); ᵐ5 2:1 τὸν Κλαυθμῶνα καὶ ἐπὶ Βαιθηλ; 2:5 Κλαυθμῶνες i.e. יִם בְּכָּ (ᵐ5L Κλαυθμών); — on possible connection with בָּכוּת אַלּוֺן Genesis 35:8 compare Stu & WeBleek's Einl. ed. 4, 183, compare Hexateuch 1889, 215; but perhaps read ביתאל instead of בכים in 35:1, compare We BuRS20.