HEBREW: 1066 Mykb Bokiym
NAVE: Bochim
EBD: Bochim
SMITH: BOCHIM
ISBE: BOCHIM
Bokim
In Bible versions:
Bochim: AVS NRSV NASB TEVBokim: NET NIV
the place of weeping; or of mulberry-trees
a place west of Gilgal where God rebuked Israel for compromise
a place west of Gilgal where God rebuked Israel for compromise
Hebrew
Strongs #01066: Mykb Bokiym
Bochim = "weeping"1) a place near Gilgal (or Bethel), where sons of Israel wept
1066 Bokiym bo-keem'
plural active participle of 1058; (with the article) the weepers; Bo-kim, a place in Palestine: KJV -- Bochim.see HEBREW for 01058
Bochim [ebd]
weepers, a place where the angel of the Lord reproved the Israelites for entering into a league with the people of the land. This caused them bitterly to weep, and hence the name of the place (Judg. 2:1, 5). It lay probably at the head of one of the valleys between Gilgal and Shiloh.
BOCHIM [smith]
(the weepers) a place on the west of Jordan, above Gilgal; so named from the weeping of Israel. (Judges 2:1,6)BOCHIM [isbe]
BOCHIM - bo'-kim (ha-bokhim: A place on the mountain West of Gilgal said to have been so named (literally "the weepers") because Israel wept there at the remonstrance of the angel (Jdg 2:1,5). No name resembling this has been discovered. Given on the occasion mentioned, it may not have endured. Many, following Septuagint, identify it with Bethel.
