Strong's Lexicon

H1060

H1060 — בְּכוֹר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewbkowrnoun mascOccurrences: 118TWOT: 244a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1060
Word:בְּכוֹר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H1069
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:118
Transliteration:bkowr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:bek-ore'
Meaning:1. firstborn 2. (hence) chief
KJV Renderings:eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).

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בְּכוֺר122 noun masculine first-bornGen 35:23 + 78 t.; בְּכֹר Gen 25:13 + 14 t.; suffix בְּכֹּרִי Gen 49:3 + 14 t.; בְּכוֺרוֺ Gen 38:6 + 3 t.; plural construct בְּכוֺרֵי Neh 10:37 + 2 t.; בְּכוֺרֵיהֶם Ps 136:10 plural feminine בְּכֹרוֺת Gen 4:4; Neh 10:37 בְּכֹרֹת Deut 12:6; Deut 12:17; Deut 14:23

1. men and women:
a. individuals Gen 25:13 + 69 t.
b. collective Num 3:46; Num 3:50; Num 8:16; Num 18:15.
c. plural Neh 10:37; Ps 135:8; Ps 136:10 .
d. כל בכור Exod 11:5; Exod 12:12; Exod 12:29; Exod 13:2; Exod 13:13; Exod 13:15 (twice in verse); Exod 22:28; Exod 34:2; Num 3:12 (3 t. in verse); Num 3:13; Num 3:40; Num 3:42; Num 3:43; Num 3:45; Num 8:17 (twice in verse); Num 8:18; Num 33:4; Ps 78:51; Ps 105:36 .
2. animals:
a. individuals Lev 27:26 ; Num 18:17 ; Deut 15:19 (twice in verse); Deut 33:17.
b. collective בכור בהמה Exod 11:5; Exod 12:29 ; Exod 13:15 ; Num 3:41; Num 18:15 כל הבכור Deut 15:19 .
c. plural בכרות Gen 4:4; Deut 12:6; Deut 12:17 ; Deut 14:23 ; Neh 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) Isa 14:30 Israel is the first-born of Yahweh among the nations Exod 4:22 compare Jer 31:9 and the seed of David among dynasties Ps 89:28.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בכור (b’chōr)

Exodus 4:22

KJV: And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
EHCC: Israel (is) my son, (even) my firstborn :

Exodus 23:1

KJV: Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.raise: or, receive
EHCC: will slay thy son, (even) thy firstborn.

Exodus 6:14

KJV: These be the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.
EHCC: the firstborn of Israel ;

Exodus 11:5

KJV: and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
EHCC: all the firstbora in the land of Egypt shall

Exodus 19:19

KJV: And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
EHCC: will smite all madi teiote

Exodus 13:9

KJV: And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.
EHCC: Sanctify unto me all the firstborn,

Exodus 22:29

KJV: Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.the first…: Heb. thy fulnessliquors: Heb. tear
EHCC: (28), Se eee of thy sons

Leviticus 27:26

KJV: Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the Lord’s firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the Lord’s.firstling of: Heb. firstborn, etc
EHCC: Only the firstling of the beasts, ה.קצפתו)

Numbers 1:20

KJV: And the children of Reuben, Israel’s eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
EHCC: Israel's eldest son, |

Numbers 3:2

KJV: And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
EHCC: Nadab the firstborn,

Numbers 8:16

KJV: For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
EHCC: the firstborn of all the children

Numbers 18:15

KJV: Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
EHCC: nevertheless the firstborn of man

Numbers 26:5

KJV: Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:
EHCC: Reuben, the eldest zon of Toraehs

Numbers 883:4

EHCC: the Egyptians buried all (their) firstborn,

Deuteronomy 15:19

KJV: All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
EHCC: All the fratling males that

Deuteronomy 21:15

KJV: If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
EHCC: the firstborn son be her's

Deuteronomy 25:6

KJV: And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
EHCC: the firstborn which she beareth

Deuteronomy 83:17

EHCC: (like) the Sirstling of his bullock,

Joshua 6:26

KJV: And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
EHCC: the foundation thereof in Ais firstborn,

Joshua 17:1

KJV: There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
EHCC: he (was) the firstborn of Joseph ;

Judges 8:20

KJV: And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
EHCC: he said unto Jether his firstborn,

Judges 17:13

KJV: Then said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
EHCC: Eliab the firstborn,

1 Kings 16:34

KJV: In his days did Hiel the Beth–elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
EHCC: in Abiram Mis firstbora, .

2 Kings 8:27

KJV: And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.
EHCC: Then he took his e/dest son

1 Chronicles 1:13

KJV: And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
EHCC: Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn,

1 Chronicles 2:3

KJV: The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he slew him.
EHCC: Er, the firstborn of Judah,

1 Chronicles 8:1

KJV: Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
EHCC: the firstborn Amnon,

1 Chronicles 4:4

KJV: And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Beth–lehem.
EHCC: the firstborn of Ephratah,

1 Chronicles 5:1

KJV: Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
EHCC: Reuben the firstborn of Israel, for he (was)

1 Chronicles 6:28

KJV: And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.Vashni: called also Joel
EHCC: ( 13). the firstborn Vashni,

1 Chronicles 8:1

KJV: Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
EHCC: Benjamin begat Bela Ais firstborn,

1 Chronicles 26:2

KJV: And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
EHCC: Zechariah the firstborn,

2 Chronicles 21:3

KJV: And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
EHCC: because he (was) the firstborn,

Nehemiah 10:36

KJV: Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:
EHCC: (37). Also Rel page of our sons,

Job 1:13

KJV: And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
EHCC: 18. in their efdest brother's house:

Job 18:13

KJV: It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.strength: Heb. bars
EHCC: the firstborx of death

Psalms 78:51

KJV: And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
EHCC: smote all the firstborn

Psalms 89:27

KJV: Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
EHCC: (28). I will make him (my) firstborn,

Psalms 105:36

KJV: He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
EHCC: He smote also all the firstburn

Psalms 135:8

KJV: Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.both…: Heb. from man unto beast
EHCC: Who smote the firstborn of

Psalms 136:10

KJV: To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:
EHCC: that smote Egypt in their firstborn:

Jeremiah 31:9

KJV: They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.supplications: or, favours
EHCC: Ephraim (is) my firstborn.

Micah 6:7

KJV: Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?body: Heb. belly
EHCC: shall 1 give my firstborn
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