Hebrew wordbâqaʻbaw-kah'בָּקַעWhat it meansto cleaveto cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or openWhere it comes froma primitive rootHow the King James translates itclave5broken4rent3through3cleave3divide2ripped2cleaveth2Every place it appears 43Genesis7:1122:3Exodus14:16Joshua9:49:13Judges15:191 Samuel6:142 Samuel23:161 Kings1:402 Kings2:243:268:1215:1625:41 Chronicles11:182 Chronicles21:1725:1232:1Nehemiah9:11Job28:1032:19Psalms74:1578:1378:15141:7Proverbs3:20Ecclesiastes10:9Isaiah7:634:1535:648:2158:859:563:12Jeremiah52:7Ezekiel13:1329:730:16Amos1:13Micah1:4Habakkuk3:9Zechariah14:4