Strong's Lexicon

H1240

H1240 — בְּקַר

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

AramaicbqarverbOccurrences: 5TWOT: 2638

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1240
Word:בְּקַר
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:(Aramaic) corresponding to H1239
Language:Aramaic
Occurrences:5
Transliteration:bqar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:bek-ar'
Meaning:1. inquire, make search
KJV Renderings:Not listed

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[בְּקַר] verb

Pa`el inquire, seek (only Ezra) ( ᵑ7 Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew); — Perfect 3 masculine plural בַּקַּ֫רוּ Dan 4:19; Dan 6:1 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְבַקַּר Dan 4:15 Infinitive לְבַקָּרָה Dan 7:14
1. inquire, with עַל (of thing) concerning Dan 7:14 with subject indefinite, = passive, Dan 4:19 search was made, so Dan 6:1; Dan 4:15.
Hithpa`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִתְבַּקַּר Dan 5:17, impersonal, let search be made.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בקר (boh’-ker)

Exodus 7:15

KJV: Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
EHCC: Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning ;

Exodus 19:16

KJV: And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
EHCC: 0n the third day in the morning,

Exodus 3:13

KJV: And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
EHCC: remain until the morning.

Exodus 19:13

KJV: There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.trumpet: or, cornet
EHCC: all night until the morning,

Judges 6:39

KJV: And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
EHCC: arose carly in the morning,

Judges 9:33

KJV: And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.as thou shalt…: Heb. as thine hand shall find
EHCC: 1t shall be, (that) in the morning,

Ruth 2:7

KJV: And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
EHCC: from the morning until now,

Ruth 3:18

KJV: Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.
EHCC: it shall be מו the morning,

Ruth 8:15

EHCC: Samutl Jay until the morning,

Ruth 9:19

EHCC: 40 morrow I will let thee go,

Ruth 11:11

EHCC: in the morning watch,

Ruth 14:36

EHCC: spoil them until the morning light,

Ruth 15:12

EHCC: early to meet Saul in the morning,

Ruth 17:20

EHCC: rose up early in the morning,

Ruth 19:2

EHCC: take heed to thyself until the morning me

Ruth 20:85

EHCC: it came to pass in the murniny, /s\> oY

Ruth 25:29

EHCC: 34, by the morning light es Bee NC

Ruth 29:10

EHCC: rise up early in the morning נב :וֹ:'.\ ט

Ruth 11:14

EHCC: it came to pass in the morning,

Ruth 18:4

EHCC: (being) the king’s son, lean from day to

Ruth 17:22

EHCC: by the morning light

Ruth 23:4

EHCC: as the light of the morning,

Ruth 24:11

EHCC: David was up in the morning,

1 Kings 8:21

KJV: And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
EHCC: when 1 rose ix the morning

1 Kings 17:6

KJV: And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
EHCC: bread and flesh in the morning,

1 Kings 18:26

KJV: And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.hear: or, answeranswered: or, heardleaped…: or, leaped up and down at the altar
EHCC: from morning even until noon,

2 Kings 3:20

KJV: And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
EHCC: it came to pass in the morning,

2 Kings 7:9

KJV: Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.some…: Heb. we shall find punishment
EHCC: if we tarry till the morning light,

2 Kings 10:8

KJV: And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.
EHCC: the gate until the morning.

2 Kings 16:15

KJV: And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.
EHCC: the morning burnt offering,

2 Kings 19:35

KJV: And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
EHCC: when they arose carly it the morning,

2 Kings 16:40

EHCC: continually morning and evening, (marg.

2 Kings 23:30

KJV: And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.
EHCC: to stand erery morning to (lit.in the morn-

2 Kings 20:20

KJV: And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
EHCC: they rose early in the morning,

2 Kings 31:3

EHCC: for the morning and evening

Ezra 3:3

KJV: And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
EHCC: burnt offerings morning (lit. for morning)

Esther 2:14

KJV: In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
EHCC: and on the morrow she returned

Esther 5:14

KJV: Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.gallows: Heb. tree
EHCC: and to morrow speak thou /

Esther 4:20

EHCC: severe morning to evening:

Esther 7:18

EHCC: shouldest visit him every morning, (lit. to

Esther 11:17

EHCC: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be «s the

Esther 24:17

EHCC: For the morning (is) to them

Esther 38:7

EHCC: When the morning stars sang

Psalms 5:3

KJV: My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
EHCC: (4). My voice shalt thou hear in the morn-

Psalms 30:5

KJV: For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.his anger…: Heb. there is but a moment in his angerfor a night: Heb. in the eveningjoy: Heb. singing
EHCC: (6). but joy (cometh) in the morning.

Psalms 46:5

KJV: God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.and…: Heb. when the morning appeareth
EHCC: (6).help her,(and that) right early. (marg.

Psalms 49:14

KJV: Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.beauty: or, strengthin the grave from…: or, the grave being an habitation to every one of them
EHCC: (15). over them in the morning ;

Psalms 85:17

EHCC: (18). Evening, and morning,

Psalms 59:16

KJV: But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
EHCC: (17).sing aloud of thy mercy in the morn-

Psalms 65:9

KJV: Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.and…: or, after thou hadst made it to desire rain
EHCC: ¢9). he morning and evening to rejoice.

Psalms 73:14

KJV: For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.chastened: Heb. my chastisement was
EHCC: cha ives every morning. (litsto the morn-

Psalms 88:13

KJV: But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
EHCC: (14).and in the morning shall

Psalms 90:5

KJV: Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.groweth…: or, is changed
EHCC: in the morning (they are) like

Psalms 92:2

KJV: To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,every…: Heb. in the nights
EHCC: (3).thy lovingkindness in the morning,

Psalms 101:8

KJV: I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord.
EHCC: I will early destroy all (lit. to the mornings)

Psalms 130:6

KJV: My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.I say…: or, which watch unto
EHCC: 6. they that watch for the morning :

Psalms 143:8

KJV: Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
EHCC: thy lovingkindness in the morning :

Proverbs 7:18

KJV: Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
EHCC: our fill of love until the morning: .

Proverbs 27:14

KJV: He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
EHCC: rising early in the morning,

Ecclesiastes 10:16

KJV: Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
EHCC: thy prince eat in the morning /

Isaiah 5:11

KJV: Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!inflame: or, pursue
EHCC: that rise up early in the morning,

Lamentations 3:23

KJV: They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
EHCC: (They are) new every morning t Ulitsto the

Daniel 8:14

KJV: And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.days: Heb. evening morningcleansed: Heb. justified
EHCC: Unto to thousand and ae) hundred

Hosea 6:4

KJV: O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.goodness: or, mercy, or, kindness
EHCC: your goodness (is) as a morning cloud,

Amos 4:4

KJV: Come to Beth–el, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:three…: Heb. three years of days
EHCC: bring your sacrifices every morning, (lit.

Micah 2:1

KJV: Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
EHCC: when the morning is Nght,

Zephaniah 3:3

KJV: Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
EHCC: gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
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