This is the name of the place Bethel: Important city in Israel, associated with Abraham and Jacob.
Definition
plural active participle of H1058; (with the article) the weepers; Bo-kim, a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Bochim.
Traditional renderings: Bochim.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
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- Judges 2:1הַבֹּכִ֑ים פ · BochimNow the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,
- Judges 2:5בֹּכִ֑ים · BochimSo they called that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.