HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1066
בֹּכִים
bo.khim — Bochim
Bochim = "weeping" a place near Gilgal (or Bethel), where sons of Israel wept Another name of bet-el (בֵּֽיתְ־אֵל "Bethel" H1008G)
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Bochim
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
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.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.