Strong's Lexicon

H1242

H1242 — בּוֹקֶר

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

Hebrewboqernoun mascOccurrences: 214TWOT: 274c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1242
Word:בּוֹקֶר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H1239
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:214
Transliteration:boqer
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:bo'-ker
Meaning:1. (properly) dawn (as the break of day) 2. (generally) morning
KJV Renderings:(+) day, early, morning, morrow.

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בֹּ֫קֶר214 noun masculine Exod 10:13 morning (Late Hebrew id.; from split, penetrate, as the dawn the darkness, light through cloud-rifts, etc.) — ׳ ב Gen 1:5 + (always absolute); plural בְּקָרִים Job 7:18 + 4 t.; —

1. morning (of point of time, time at which, never during which, English morning = forenoon): —
a. of end of night (opposed to לַיְלָה) Exod 10:13 ( J ) Lev 6:2 ( P ) Judg 19:25; Ruth 3:13 (twice in verse); Isa 21:12 compare 1Sam 19:11 (|| מחר, opposed to לילה); opposed to לֵילוֺת Ps 92:3 also (opposed to לוּן) Exod 23:18; Exod 34:25 (both J E ) Lev 19:13 ( H ) Deut 16:4 opposed to צלמות Amos 5:8 compare further Gen 40:6 ; Gen 41:8 (both E ) Exod 12:22; Exod 34:2 (twice in verse) (both J E ) 1Sam 3:15 +,
b. implying the coming of dawn, and even daylight Gen 29:25 ( E ) Gen 44:3 ( J ) 1Kgs 3:21 (but Klo here for 2nd בַּבֹּקֶר, reads לְבַקֵּר by looking at it see בָּקַר ) Job 24:17; Job 38:12 (|| שַׁחַר); ׳ לִפְנוֺת הַבּ Exod 14:27 ( J E ) at the turn of the morning, so Judg 19:26 (|| בַּעֲלוֺת הַשָּׁ֑חַר Judg 19:25 followed by עַדהָֿאוֺר, as something later, Judg 19:26); see Ruth 3:14 (|| בטרו֯ם יכיר אישׁ את רעהו before men could recognise each other); compare כּוֺכְבֵי בֹקֶר Job 38:7 stars of morning; but also with אוֺר verb Gen 44:3 ( J ) הבקר אור; with אור noun, באור הבקר Mic 2:1 & especially עד אור הבקר Judg 16:2 (opposed to לילה) so 1Sam 14:36 also 1Sam 25:22; 1Sam 25:34; 1Sam 25:36; 2Sam 17:22; 2Kgs 7:9 compare 1Sam 29:10 (|| וְאוֺר לָכֶם).
c. of coming of sunrise Judg 9:33; 2Sam 23:4 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 3:22 compare וערב ׳ מוֺצָּאֵי ב Ps 65:9 i.e. places of sunrise and sunset (|| קְצוֺת i.e. ends of earth).
d. of beginning of day, וְעַדעַֿתָּה ׳ מֵאָז הַבּ Ruth 2:7 (compare v Ruth 2:14) see 2Sam 24:15 (but strike out We Dr); time of prayer, & praise Ps 5:4 (twice in verse) (see Hu) Ps 59:17; Ps 88:14; Ps 92:3 || צהרים noon 1Kgs 18:26 ; Jer 20:16 of three hours of prayer, ערב ובקר וצהרים Ps 55:18 (compare Dan 6:10 ; Dan 6:13 ); compare also with עֶרֶב below
e. opposed to עֶרֶב Gen 49:27 (poem in J ) Exod 16:7 ; Exod 16:8 ; Exod 16:12; Exod 16:13; Lev 6:13; Num 9:21 (all P ) Deut 28:67 (twice in verse); 2Sam 11:14; 1Kgs 17:6; Isa 17:14; Zeph 3:3; Ezek 24:18 (twice in verse); Ezek 33:22 ; Dan 8:26; Ps 30:6; Ps 90:5; Ps 90:6; Eccl 11:6; 1Chr 16:40 ; 2Chr 2:3; 2Chr 13:11 ; 2Chr 31:3 ; opposed to בֵּין הערבים Exod 29:39; Exod 29:41; Num 28:4; Num 28:8 (all P ); especially מןהֿבקר עדהֿערב = all day Exod 18:13 & (without article) Exod 18:14 (both E ); מבקר לָעֶרֶב Job 4:20 = between morning and evening; also מֵעֶרֶב עַדבֹּֿקֶר = all night, Exod 27:21 ( P ) Lev 24:3 ( H ) Num 9:21 & ׳ בָּעֶרֶב עַדבּֿ Num 9:15 (both P ); note also the formula וַיְהִי ערב ויהי בקר and evening came and then morning Gen 1:5; Gen 1:8; Gen 1:13; Gen 1:19; Gen 1:23; Gen 1:31 (all P ), i.e. the day ended with evening, and the night with morning; peculiar is Dan 8:14 of omission of daily sacrifice עַד עֶרֶב בֹּקֶר אַלְפַּיִם וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת, until 2300 evening-mornings, probably = 2300 half-days (Ew Hi Meinh Bev DrIntr. 464, compare Dan 8:26 & 3 1/2 times (years) Dan 7:25; Dan 12:11 12:17).
f. often (above & elsewhere) with preposition (+ article except Job 7:18); in the morning, בַּבֹּקֶר Gen 19:27 + 110 t., compare also ׳ בִּהְיֹת הַבּ Exod 19:16 in (or at) the morning, ׳ לַבּ Amos 4:4 + 7 t.; for (against or by) the morning , ׳ לַבּ Exod 34:2 compare Ps 130:6 (compare Checritical note); nearly = until (עַדֿ) Exod 34:25; Deut 16:4; Zeph 3:3 further ׳ בַּבּ ׳ בַּבּ morning by morning, every morning Exod 16:21 ; Exod 30:7; Exod 36:3; Lev 6:5 (all P ) 2Sam 13:4; 1Chr 23:30; 2Chr 13:11; Isa 28:19; Isa 50:4; Ezek 46:13; Ezek 46:14 ; Ezek 46:15 ; Zeph 3:5 also ׳ לַבּ ׳ לַבּ, same sense, 1Chr 9:27 plural לַבְּקָרִים every morning afresh Ps 73:14; Isa 33:2 compare Lam 3:23 almost = continually Ps 101:8 (compare Jer 21:12); see לִבְקָרִים Job 7:18 (|| לִרְגָעִים every moment); also without preposition or article in the morning Hos 7:6 compare Ps 5:4 (twice in verse); Ps 55:18 , d. above, & below 2.
g. figurative of bright joy after night of distress (poetry) Job 11:17 compare Ps 30:6; Ps 46:6 ( ׳ לִפְנוֺת בּ) Ps 49:15; Ps 59:17; Ps 90:14; Ps 143:8.
h. in phrases, ׳ הִשְׁכִּים בַּבּ (וַיַּשְׁכֵּם etc.) he rose early in the morning Gen 19:27 ; Gen 20:8; Gen 21:14 ; Gen 22:3; Gen 26:31 ; Gen 28:18 ; Gen 32:1; Exod 8:16; Exod 9:13; Exod 24:4; Exod 34:4; Num 14:40 ; Josh 3:1; Josh 6:12; Josh 7:16; Josh 8:10 (all J E ) Judg 6:28 ; Judg 19:5 ; Judg 19:8; 1Sam 1:19; 1Sam 5:4 compare 1Sam 15:12 ; 1Sam 17:20 ; 1Sam 29:10 (twice in verse) compare 1Sam 29:11, 2Kgs 3:22; 2Kgs 19:35 = Isa 37:36; 2Chr 20:20; Job 1:5; Prov 27:14 ; Isa 5:11 ( ויקומו etc.) ויקם ׳ בַּבּ Gen 24:54 ; Num 22:13 ; Num 22:21 (all J E ) Judg 19:27 ; Judg 20:19 ; 2Sam 24:11 ; 1Kgs 3:21 ׳ אַשְׁמֹרֶת הַבּ morning watch Exod 14:24 ; 1Sam 11:11 .
2. morrow, next day (compare German Morgen, morgen) without article Exod 16:19 ; Exod 16:20 ; Lev 7:15; Lev 22:30 (opposed to הַיּוֺם הַהוּא) Num 16:5 (|| מָחָר Num 16:7 Num 16:16) compare Exod 12:10 (twice in verse); Num 9:12 with article Exod 16:23; Exod 16:24; Exod 29:34 ׳ לַבּ Exod 34:25 ; Num 22:41 ; Zeph 3:3 ׳ בַּבּ 1Sam 9:19 (opposed to הַיּוֺם to-day) compare 1Sam 20:35 to-morrow morning ׳ הַבּ Judg 6:31 ( Stu); ׳ בַּבּ Exod 7:15; Josh 7:14; Esth 5:14 definitely מִמָּֽחֳרָת ׳ בַּבּ 1Sam 5:4 ׳ מֵהַבּ 2Sam 2:27 adverb. use in this sense (without preposition or article) Exod 16:7; Num 16:5.


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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בוקר (boh-kzhr’)

Amos 7:14

KJV: Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:sycomore…: or, wild figs
EHCC: but I (was) an herdman,

Genesis 37:20

KJV: Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
EHCC: cast him into some pit, (lit. one of the pifs)

Genesis 40:15

KJV: For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
EHCC: should put me into the dungeon.

Genesis 41:14

KJV: Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.brought…: Heb. made him run
EHCC: brought him hastily out of the dungeon:

Exodus 12:29

KJV: And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.dungeon: Heb. house of the pit
EHCC: the captive that (was) in the dungeon; (lit.

Leviticus 11:3

KJV: Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
EHCC: ¢. Nevertheless a fountain or pit,

Deuteronomy 6:11

KJV: And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
EHCC: and wells digged,

Deuteronomy 188:13

EHCC: 6.in high places, and in pits.

Deuteronomy 19:22

EHCC: came to a great well

Deuteronomy 23:15

KJV: Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
EHCC: the water of the well of Beth-lehem,

2 Kings 10:14

KJV: And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.
EHCC: slew them at the pit of the shearing house,

2 Kings 18:31

KJV: Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:Make…: or, Seek my favour: Heb. Make with me a blessingcistern: or, pit
EHCC: the waters of Ais cistern: (marg. pit)

1 Chronicles 11:17

KJV: And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth–lehem, that is at the gate!
EHCC: the water of the well of Beth-lehem,

2 Chronicles 26:10

KJV: Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.digged…: or, cut out many cisternsCarmel: or, fruitful fieldshusbandry: Heb. ground
EHCC: digged many wells: (marg. cisterns)

Nehemiah 9:25

KJV: And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.wells: or, cisternsfruit…: Heb. tree of food
EHCC: wells digged, vineyards, (marg. cisterns)

Psalms 7:15

KJV: He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.He made a pit: Heb. He hath digged a pit
EHCC: (16). He made a pit, and digged it,

Psalms 28:1

KJV: A Psalm of David.Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.to me: Heb. from me
EHCC: them that go down into the pit.

Psalms 30:3

KJV: O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
EHCC: (4).that I should not go down to the pit.

Psalms 40:2

KJV: He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.an…: Heb. a pit of noise
EHCC: (3).also out of an horrible pit

Psalms 88:4

KJV: I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
EHCC: (5). them that go down into the pit:

Psalms 143:7

KJV: Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.lest…: or, for I am become like, etc
EHCC: them that go down into the pit.

Proverbs 1:12

KJV: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
EHCC: as those that go down isto the pit:

Proverbs 5:15

KJV: Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
EHCC: Drink waters out of thine own cistern,

Proverbs 28:17

KJV: A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
EHCC: person shall flee to the pit ;

Isaiah 14:15

KJV: Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
EHCC: to the sides of the pit.

Lamentations 3:53

KJV: They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
EHCC: cut off my life in the dungeon,

Ezekiel 26:20

KJV: When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;
EHCC: with them that descend into the pit,

Zechariah 9:11

KJV: As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.by…: or, whose covenant is by blood
EHCC: sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit

Ezra 8:92

EHCC: J was ashamed to require

Job 6:20

KJV: They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
EHCC: They were confounded

Psalms 22:5

KJV: They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
EHCC: (6).and were not confounded,

Jeremiah 2:36

KJV: Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
EHCC: 88 wast ashamed of.

Micah 3:7

KJV: Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.lips: Heb. upper lip
EHCC: Then shall the seers Be ashamed, and the

Judges 8:25

KJV: And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
EHCC: they tarried till they were ashamed:

Jeremiah 6:15

KJV: Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
EHCC: & 8:12. they were not at all ashamed, (lit.

2 Kings 19:26

KJV: Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.of small…: Heb. short of hand
EHCC: they were dismayed and confounded ;

Job 19:3

KJV: These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.make…: or, harden yourselves against me
EHCC: ye are not ashamed

Psalms 6:10

KJV: Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
EHCC: (11), Let all mine enemies be ashamed

Psalms 25:2

KJV: O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
EHCC: 1 trust in thee: let me not be ashamed,

Psalms 81:1

KJV: To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.of Asaph: or, for Asaph
EHCC: 2(. det me never be ashamed:

Psalms 8:4

KJV: What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
EHCC: La them be confound on

Psalms 37:19

KJV: They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
EHCC: They shall not be ashamed

Psalms 40:14

KJV: Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
EHCC: 15( . Let them be ashamed and confounded

Psalms 69:6

KJV: Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
EHCC: (7). Let not them that wait-on thee,...be

Psalms 70:2

KJV: Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
EHCC: (3), Let them be ashamed

Psalms 71:1

KJV: In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
EHCC: 14 me never be put to confusion.

Psalms 83:17

KJV: Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
EHCC: 18( . Let them be confounded and troubled

Psalms 66:17

KJV: I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
EHCC: may see (it), and be ashamed:

Psalms 97:7

KJV: Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
EHCC: Con be all they

Psalms 9:6

KJV: O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.O thou…: or, The destructions of the enemy are come to a perpetual end: and their cities hast thou destroyed, etc
EHCC: not

Psalms 129:5

KJV: Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
EHCC: Let them all be confounded

Psalms 45:17

KJV: I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
EHCC: ye shall not be ashamed

Psalms 49:23

EHCC: they shall not be ashamed

Psalms 50:7

KJV: Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
EHCC: that J shall not be ashamed.

Psalms 54:4

KJV: Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
EHCC: for thou shalt not be ashamed ;

Psalms 65:18

EHCC: but ye shall be ashamed:

Psalms 66:5

KJV: Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
EHCC: they shall be ashamed.

Jeremiah 2:36

KJV: Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
EHCC: thou also shalt be ashamed of

Jeremiah 6:15

KJV: Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
EHCC: & 8:12. they were not at all askamed,

Jeremiah 17:18

KJV: Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.destroy…: Heb. break them with a double breach
EHCC: all that forsake thee shail be ashamed,

Jeremiah 22:22

KJV: The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
EHCC: surely then shalt thou be ashamed

Jeremiah 51:47

KJV: Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.do…: Heb. visit upon
EHCC: ber whole land shall be confounded,

Jeremiah 10:6

KJV: Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
EHCC: and Israel shall be ashamed

Jeremiah 18:15

KJV: Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
EHCC: and his spring shall become dry,

Joel 2:26

KJV: And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
EHCC: 27.my people shall never be ashamed,

Micah 7:16

KJV: The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
EHCC: The nations shall see ad be cones

Zechariah 13:4

KJV: And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:a rough…: Heb. a garment of hairdeceive: Heb. lie
EHCC: the prophets shall be ashamed every one

Judges 6:28

KJV: And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.
EHCC: Why is his chariot (30) long

Psalms 44:7

KJV: But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
EHCC: (8). hast put them to shame

Psalms 53:5

KJV: There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.were…: Heb. they feared a fear
EHCC: (6). thon hast put (them) to shame,

Psalms 14:6

KJV: Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge.
EHCC: Ye have shamed the counsel

Proverbs 10:5

KJV: He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
EHCC: 2 son that causeth shame.

Proverbs 19:4

KJV: Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
EHCC: but she that maketh ashamed

Proverbs 14:85

EHCC: אוות that causeth shame.

Proverbs 17:2

KJV: A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
EHCC: over a son that causeth shame,

Proverbs 19:26

KJV: He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
EHCC: (is) a son that causeth shame,

Proverbs 29:15

KJV: The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
EHCC: bringeth his mother to shame.
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