H0918 H0918
to repair, to mend (buildings)
A denominative verb meaning to repair or restore, appearing only in Chronicles' account of Josiah's temple restoration. The infinitive form appears alongside "to strengthen," describing the workers' task of repairing and reinforcing the temple structure. The verb derives from the noun bedeq (breach, gap), indicating the work of closing gaps and mending damaged structures. This specialized term fits the building and restoration vocabulary of the Chronicler.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Describes temple repair work in 2 Chronicles 34:10, during Josiah's religious reforms. The infinitival construction "to repair and to strengthen the house" indicates the dual task of mending breaches and reinforcing weak points. This verb appears only here, part of the technical vocabulary for building maintenance and restoration that characterizes the temple repair accounts in Kings and Chronicles. 1×
AR["لِيُفَتِّشُوا"]·ben["পরীক্ষা-করতে"]·DE["[לבדוק]"]·EN["to-repair"]·FR["[לבדוק]"]·heb["ל-בדוק"]·HI["जाँचने-के-लिए"]·ID["untuk-memperbaiki"]·IT["[לבדוק]"]·jav["kanggé-ndandosi"]·KO["을-수리하려고"]·PT["para-reparar"]·RU["исправлять"]·ES["para-reparar"]·SW["libdּwok"]·TR["kontrol-etmek"]·urd["جانچ-کرنے-کو"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [בָּדַק] vb. denom. mend, repair, only Qal Inf. cstr. לִבְדוֹק וּלְחַזֵּק הַבָּ֑יִת 2 Ch 34:10.