Lexicon bekor: first-born Original Word: בְּכוֹרPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: bekor Phonetic Spelling: (bek-ore') Short Definition: firstborn NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom bakarDefinitionfirst-born NASB Translationfirstborn (118), firstlings (1), most (1), oldest (3).
Brown-Driver-Briggs בְּכוֺר122 noun masculine first-born — Genesis 35:23 78t.; בְּכֹר Genesis 25:13 14t.; suffix בְּכֹּרִי Genesis 49:3 14t.; בְּכוֺרוֺ Genesis 38:6 3t.; plural construct בְּכוֺרֵי Nehemiah 10:37 2t.; בְּכוֺרֵיהֶם Psalm 136:10; plural feminine בְּכֹרוֺת Genesis 4:4; Nehemiah 10:37; בְּכֹרֹת Deuteronomy 12:6,17; Deuteronomy 14:23; — 1 men and women: a. individuals Genesis 25:13 69t. b. collective Numbers 3:46,50; Numbers 8:16; Numbers 18:15. c. plural Nehemiah 10:37; Psalm 135:8; Psalm 136:10. d. כל בכור Exodus 11:5; Exodus 12:12,29; Exodus 13:2,13,15 (twice in verse); Exodus 22:28; Exodus 34:2; Numbers 3:12 (3 t. in verse); Numbers 3:13,40,42,43,45; Numbers 8:17 (twice in verse); Numbers 8:18; Numbers 33:4; Psalm 78:51; Psalm 105:36. 2 animals: a. individuals Leviticus 27:26; Numbers 18:17; Deuteronomy 15:19 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 33:17. b. collective בכור בהמה Exodus 11:5; Exodus 12:29; Exodus 13:15; Numbers 3:41; Numbers 18:15; כל הבכור Deuteronomy 15:19. c. plural בכרות Genesis 4:4; Deuteronomy 12:6,17; Deuteronomy 14:23; Nehemiah 10:37. 3 figurative, noun of relation בכור מות first-born of death Job 18:13 (deadly disease); בְּכוֺרֵי דַלִּים first-born of the poor (the poorest) Isaiah 14:30; Israel is the first-born of Yahweh among the nations Exodus 4:22 compare Jeremiah 31:9; and the seed of David among dynasties Psalm 89:28.
Strong's eldest son, firstborn From bakar; firstborn; hence, chief -- eldest (son), firstborn(-ling). see HEBREW bakar |
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