Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H1057: בָּכָא

bâkâʼ · pronounced baw-kaw' · “balsam”

Definition

the weeping tree (some gum-distilling tree, perhaps the balsam)

KJV translates it as: mulberry tree.

Word origin: the same as H1056 (בָּכָא);

Extended definition

1) balsam tree-a shrub which drips sap when it is cut
2) possible name of a vale of balsam trees in <ref="Psa.84.6">Ps 84:6

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H1057 is translated

  • balsam trees ×3
  • the balsam trees ×1

Bible verses with H1057 (bâkâʼ)

Bâkâʼ appears in 4 verses.

  • 2 Samuel 5:23

    And when David enquired of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

  • 2 Samuel 5:24

    And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.

  • 1 Chronicles 14:14

    Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

  • 1 Chronicles 14:15

    And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.