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Bochim

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(weepers). A place near Gilgal (Judg. 2:1-5¹And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. ²And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? ³Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. ⁴And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. ⁵And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord. (Judges 2:1‑5)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

This signifies “weepers:” it was the place near Gilgal where an angel of the Lord charged the Israelites with having disobeyed God in making leagues with the inhabitants of the land, and in not throwing down their altars; and told them the results. The people wept and sacrificed to the Lord (Judg. 2:1-5¹And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. ²And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? ³Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. ⁴And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. ⁵And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord. (Judges 2:1‑5)). Bochim symbolically is not simply “weepers,” but “weepers over disobedience.”

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1066 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Bokiym

Phonic:

bo-keem’

Meaning:

plural active participle of 1058; (with the article) the weepers; Bo-kim, a place in Palestine

KJV Usage:

Bochim

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

the weepers

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Of those weeping; weepers:― a place in Palestine, Judg. 2:1. {Flentium}