Bochim in the Bible

Meaning: the place of weeping; or of mulberry-trees

Exact Match

Now the Angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “I brought you up from Egypt and led you to the land which I swore [to give] to your fathers; and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,

Verse ConceptsCovenant breakersGuardiansProperty, LandThe Promised LandGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod Keeps CovenantAngelic Guardianship

So they named that place Bochim (weepers); and there they offered sacrifices to the Lord.

Thematic Bible



They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.


They called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there to Yahweh.


References

Hastings

Easton

American

Fausets

Morish

Smith