Strong's Lexicon

H1241

H1241 — בָּקָר

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

Hebrewbaqarnoun mascOccurrences: 183TWOT: 274a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1241
Word:בָּקָר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H1239
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:183
Transliteration:baqar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:baw-kawr'
Meaning:1. beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing) 2. collectively, a herd
KJV Renderings:beeve, bull (+ -ock), + calf, + cow, great (cattle), + heifer, herd, kine, ox.

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בָּקָר182 noun masculine 1Kgs 5:3 + (feminine Gen 33:16; Job 1:14 compare Deut 32:14; 2Sam 17:29) cattle, herd, ox (Arabic [untranscribed source text 685], Aramaic בַּקְרָא, בַּקְרְתָא, [untranscribed source text 686] (compare also HomNS 222 ff.); name from ploughing, so Thes LagBN 51 and others) — absolute ׳ בּ Gen 12:16 +; construct בְּקַר Num 7:88 suffix בְּקָֽרְךָ Gen 45:10 +; בְּקָרֶ֑ךָ Exod 20:24; Jer 5:17 בְּקָרוֺ 1Sam 11:7; 2Sam 12:4 בְּקַרְכֶם Deut 12:6 בְּקָרָם Jer 3:24 +; plural בְּקָרִים Amos 6:12 (al. read בקר ים) 2Chr 4:3 (but read פְּקָעִים see || 1Kgs 7:24 below); suffix בְּקָרֵינוּ Neh 10:37 read בקריכם for בחוריכם 1Sam 8:16 ᵐ5 We Dr; —

1. mostly collective
a. cattle, generic (never plural in form) Gen 12:6; Gen 13:5; Gen 20:14; Gen 21:27; Gen 24:35; Lev 1:2; Deut 8:13; 1Sam 11:5; Hos 5:6; Joel 1:18; 1Chr 27:29 (twice in verse) + often (frequently || צאֹן); as grazing, 1Chr 27:29 +; in simile ׳ כַּבּ Job 40:15; Isa 11:7; Isa 65:25 as lowing (׳ קוֺל הַבּ) 1Sam 15:14 מִקְנֵה בָקָר possession of (i.e. property in) cattle Gen 6:14; Gen 47:17 (both J ); ׳ עֶדְרֵי ב Joel 1:18 herds of cattle; especially בֶּןבָּֿקָר son of cattle (i.e. belonging to the בקר), to denote a single ox, calf, etc.; as used for food Gen 18:7 compare Gen 18:8 ( J ); — in these probably = calf (see also 1Sam 14:32 בָּקָר וּבְנֵי בָקָר); usually for sacrifice (Hexateuch only P ) Num 15:8 ; Num 15:9 ׳ בֶּןהַֿבּ Lev 1:5 appositive עֵגֶל Lev 9:2 — compare עֶגְלַת בָּקָר Deut 21:3; 1Sam 16:2; Isa 7:21 — mostly appositive פַּר Exod 29:1 + 27 t.; also plural פָּרִים בני בקר Num 28:11; Num 28:19; Num 28:27; Num 29:13; Num 29:17 (on all these compare בֵּן); also indefinite cattle, oxen, of a number not specified Num 7:87 ; Num 7:88 (in both enumerated as פָּרִים); Num 22:40; 1Sam 14:32; 1Sam 15:21; 1Kgs 1:9; 1Kgs 7:29 (twice in verse) (here of graven work) 1Kgs 8:5 ; 1Chr 12:40; 2Chr 5:6; 2Chr 18:2; Isa 22:13; Ps 66:15 also as beasts of burden 1Chr 12:40.
b. a particular herd of cattle Gen 18:7 ( J ); compare plural בְּקָרֵינוּ, our herds, only Neh 10:37.
2. more individually, head of cattle, — yet always of more than one (Hexateuch mostly P ; plural only Amos 6:12 + 2Chr 4:3 see above); of two Num 7:17 + 11 t. Num 7 compare also ׳ צֶמֶד ב yoke (pair) of oxen 1Sam 11:7 compare v 1Sam 11:7, 1Kgs 19:21 compare 1Kgs 19:21 (ploughing, compare 1Kgs 19:19); also 2Sam 6:6 = 1Chr 13:9 (drawing a cart, compare Num 1:7f.), 2Sam 24:22 = 1Chr 21:33 , 2Sam 24:22 ; 2Sam 24:24 ; 1Kgs 19:20 ; Amos 6:12 (plural); 500 yoke of oxen Job 1:3 compare v Job 1:14 1000 yoke Job 42:12 further, of four Num 7:7 five Exod 21:37 (תַּחַת הַשּׁוֺר); seven 2Chr 29:22 (|| פָּרִים 2Chr 29:21); eight Num 7:8 ten 1Kgs 5:3 twelve Num 7:3 (singly called שׁוֺר ) compare Num 7:6 of the twelve brazen bulls beneath the sea in Solomon's temple 1Kgs 7:25; 1Kgs 7:44 = 2Chr 4:4; 2Chr 4:15 compare 2Kgs 16:17 ; 2Chr 4:3 ( דְּמוּת בְּקָרִים) 2Chr 4:3 (but read in both פְּקָעִים, as || 1Kgs 7:24 compare Be Öttli) 1Kgs 7:4; Jer 52:20 of twenty 1Kgs 5:3 seventy 2Chr 29:32 hundreds or thousands 1Kgs 8:63 = 2Chr 7:5; 2Chr 15:11 ; 2Chr 29:33 ; 2Chr 35:7 ; 2Chr 35:8 ; 2Chr 35:9 (compare 2Chr 35:12 ), & Num 31:33 ; Num 31:38; Num 31:44 . Note חֶמְאַת בָּקָר Deut 32:14 (poem), ׳ שְׁפוֺת ב 2Sam 17:29 , ׳ כְּלִי הַבּ 2Sam 24:22 ; 1Kgs 19:21 , מַלְמַד ׳ הַבּ Judg 3:31, ׳ צְפִו֯עֵי הַבּ Ezek 4:15 (opposed to גֶּלֲלֵי הָאָדָם).


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בְּקָר (bah-kahr’)

Leviticus 1:2

KJV: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the Lord, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.
EHCC: of the herd, and of the flock.

Numbers 7:8

KJV: And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
EHCC: covered wagons, and twelve aren;

Deuteronomy 8:13

KJV: And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
EHCC: 4nd (when) thy herds and thy flocks

Deuteronomy 2:0

EHCC: f the flock and the herd, :16

Judges 3:31

KJV: And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
EHCC: six hundred men with an or goad:

Judges 16:2

KJV: And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.quiet: Heb. silence
EHCC: Take an heifer with thee, (lit. an neife:

Judges 27:9

EHCC: took away the sheep, and the aren,

Judges 30:20

EHCC: took all the flocks and the herds,

Judges 12:2

KJV: And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.
EHCC: exceeding many flocks and herds:

Judges 17:29

EHCC: cheese of kine, for David,

Judges 24:22

EHCC: oxen for burnt sacrifice,

1 Kings 1:9

KJV: And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En–rogel, and called all his brethren the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah the king’s servants:En–rogel: or, the well Rogel
EHCC: Adonijah slew sheep and oren

1 Kings 4:23

KJV: Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
EHCC: (5:3). Ten fat oren, and twenty oren outo!

1 Kings 7:25

KJV: It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
EHCC: It stood upon twelve aren,

1 Kings 8:5

KJV: And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
EHCC: sacrificing sheep and oxen,

1 Kings 19:20

KJV: And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?Go…: Heb. Go return
EHCC: he left the oxen, and ran after

1 Kings 16:17

KJV: And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
EHCC: from off the brasen aren

1 Chronicles 12:40

KJV: Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.meat…: or, victual of meal
EHCC: 0n mules, and אס oxen,

1 Chronicles 21:23

KJV: And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
EHCC: 1 give (thee) the aren (al

2 Chronicles 4:3

KJV: And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.
EHCC: the similitude of ozen,

2 Chronicles 4:1

KJV: Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
EHCC: t stood upon twelve ozen,

2 Chronicles 5:6

KJV: Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
EHCC: sacrificed sheep and oxen,

2 Chronicles 18:9

KJV: And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.void…: or, floor
EHCC: consecrate himself ם מווש young! bullock \ |

2 Chronicles 15:11

KJV: And they offered unto the Lord the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.the same…: Heb. in that day
EHCC: seven hundred oren

2 Chronicles 18:9

KJV: And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.void…: or, floor
EHCC: Ahab killed sheep and oren

2 Chronicles 29:22

KJV: So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
EHCC: So they killed the bullocks,

2 Chronicles 31:6

KJV: And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the Lord their God, and laid them by heaps.by heaps: Heb. heaps, heaps
EHCC: brought in the tithe of aren ,

2 Chronicles 32:29

KJV: Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
EHCC: possessions of flocks and herds

2 Chronicles 85:7

EHCC: and three thousand bullocks:

2 Chronicles 12:50

EHCC: (did they) with the oren.

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). the firs ings of our herds

Job 1:8

KJV: And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?considered: Heb. set thy heart on
EHCC: five hundred yoke of orex,

Job 40:15

KJV: Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.behemoth: probably an extinct animal of some kind
EHCC: he eatet as an ox.

Job 42:12

KJV: So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
EHCC: a thousand 6אס of oxex,

Psalms 66:15

KJV: I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.fatlings: Heb. marrow
EHCC: will offer Dellocks with goats.

Ecclesiastes 2:7

KJV: I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:servants born…: Heb. sons of my house
EHCC: great and small cattle above all (lit. oze

Isaiah 7:21

KJV: And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
EHCC: man shall nourish a young cox, (lit. an

Isaiah 11:7

KJV: And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
EHCC: 66 lion shall eat straw like the ox, ,

Isaiah 22:13

KJV: And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
EHCC: slaying oren, and killing sheep, /

Isaiah 65:10

KJV: And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
EHCC: place for the herds to lle down (

Isaiah 5:17

KJV: Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
EHCC: shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds :

Isaiah 31:12

EHCC: the young of the flock and of theherd: \ |

Isaiah 52:20

EHCC: and twelve brasen bulls י

Ezekiel 4:18

EHCC: 1 have given thee cow’s dung (

Ezekiel 43:19

KJV: And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord God, a young bullock for a sin offering.
EHCC: a young! bullock for a sin offering.

Ezekiel 45:18

KJV: Thus saith the Lord God; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:
EHCC: take a youn, lock without blemish,

Hosea 5:6

KJV: They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
EHCC: and with their herds to seek the
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