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Lexicon :: Strong's H1060 - bᵊḵôr

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בְּכוֹר
Transliteration
bᵊḵôr
Pronunciation
bek-ore'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 244a

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: בכור.

Strong’s Definitions

בְּכוֹר bᵉkôwr, bek-ore'; from H1069; first-born; hence, chief:—eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 117x

The KJV translates Strong's H1060 in the following manner: firstborn (101x), firstling (10x), eldest (4x), firstborn (with H1121) (1x), eldest son (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 117x
The KJV translates Strong's H1060 in the following manner: firstborn (101x), firstling (10x), eldest (4x), firstborn (with H1121) (1x), eldest son (1x).

  1. firstborn, firstling

    1. of men and women

    2. of animals

    3. noun of relation (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּכוֹר bᵉkôwr, bek-ore'; from H1069; first-born; hence, chief:—eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).
STRONGS H1060: Abbreviations
בְּכוֺר 122 noun masculine first-born — Genesis 35:23 + 78 times; בְּכֹר Genesis 25:13 + 14 times; suffix בְּכֹּרִי Genesis 49:3 + 14 times; בְּכוֺרוֺ Genesis 38:6 + 3 times; plural construct בְּכוֺרֵי Nehemiah 10:37 + 2 times; 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 + 69 times
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 times 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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:4; 4:4; 25:13; 25:13; 35:23; 38:6; 49:3

Exodus

4:22; 11:5; 11:5; 12:12; 12:29; 12:29; 13:2; 13:13; 13:15; 13:15; 22:28; 34:2

Leviticus

27:26

Numbers

3:12; 3:13; 3:40; 3:41; 3:42; 3:43; 3:45; 3:46; 3:50; 8:16; 8:17; 8:18; 18:15; 18:15; 18:17; 33:4

Deuteronomy

12:6; 12:6; 12:17; 12:17; 14:23; 14:23; 15:19; 15:19; 33:17

Nehemiah

10:37; 10:37; 10:37; 10:37

Job

18:13

Psalms

78:51; 89:28; 105:36; 135:8; 136:10; 136:10

Isaiah

14:30

Jeremiah

31:9

H1060

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Strong's Number H1060 matches the Hebrew בְּכוֹר (bᵊḵôr),
which occurs 118 times in 96 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:15 - Canaan became the father of Sidon his first-born, and Heth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:21 - Uz the first-born, Buz his brother, Kemu'el the father of Aram,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:13 - These are the names of the sons of Ish'mael, named in the order of their birth: Neba'ioth, the first-born of Ish'mael; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your first-born. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that you may bless me."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:32 - His father Isaac said to him, "Who are you?" He answered, "I am your son, your first-born, Esau."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23 - The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's first-born), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Is'sachar, and Zeb'ulun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:15 - These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of El'iphaz the first-born of Esau: the chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:6 - And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, and her name was Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:7 - But Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:51 - Joseph called the name of the first-born Manas'seh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:33 - And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth; and the men looked at one another in amazement.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:8 - Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob's first-born,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it upon the head of E'phraim, who was the younger, and his left hand upon the head of Manas'seh, crossing his hands, for Manas'seh was the first-born.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:18 - And Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father; for this one is the first-born; put your right hand upon his head."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:3 - Reuben, you are my first-born, my might, and the first fruits of my strength, pre-eminent in pride and pre-eminent in power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:22 - And you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the LORD, Israel is my first-born son,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:23 - and I say to you, "Let my son go that he may serve me"; if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your first-born son.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:14 - These are the heads of their fathers' houses: the sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:5 - and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sits upon his throne, even to the first-born of the maidservant who is behind the mill; and all the first-born of the cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:12 - For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:29 - At midnight the LORD smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the first-born of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the first-born of the cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2 - "Consecrate to me all the first-born; whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:13 - Every firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every first-born of man among your sons you shall redeem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man and the first-born of cattle. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all the males that first open the womb; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:29 - "You shall not delay to offer from the fulness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. "The first-born of your sons you shall give to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:20 - The firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the first-born of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:26 - "But a firstling of animals, which as a firstling belongs to the LORD, no man may dedicate; whether ox or sheep, it is the LORD's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:20 - The people of Reuben, Israel's first-born, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:2 - These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the first-born, and Abi'hu, Elea'zar, and Ith'amar;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12 - "Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every first-born that opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:13 - for all the first-born are mine; on the day that I slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the first-born in Israel, both of man and of beast; they shall be mine: I am the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:40 - And the LORD said to Moses, "Number all the first-born males of the people of Israel, from a month old and upward, taking their number by names.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:41 - And you shall take the Levites for me--I am the LORD--instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the people of Israel."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:42 - So Moses numbered all the first-born among the people of Israel, as the LORD commanded him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43 - And all the first-born males, according to the number of names, from a month old and upward as numbered were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:45 - "Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46 - And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the first-born of the people of Israel, over and above the number of the male Levites,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - from the first-born of the people of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, reckoned by the shekel of the sanctuary;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:16 - For they are wholly given to me from among the people of Israel; instead of all that open the womb, the first-born of all the people of Israel, I have taken them for myself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:17 - For all the first-born among the people of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast; on the day that I slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt I consecrated them for myself,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:18 - and I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15 - Everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whether man or beast, which they offer to the LORD, shall be yours; nevertheless the first-born of man you shall redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts you shall redeem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:17 - But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shall burn their fat as an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the LORD;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:5 - Reuben, the first-born of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Ha'nochites; of Pallu, the family of the Pal'luites;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:4 - while the Egyptians were burying all their first-born, whom the LORD had struck down among them; upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:19 - "All the firstling males that are born of your herd and flock you shall consecrate to the LORD your God; you shall do no work with the firstling of your herd, nor shear the firstling of your flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:15 - "If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other disliked, and they have borne him children, both the loved and the disliked, and if the first-born son is hers that is disliked,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:16 - then on the day when he assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons, he may not treat the son of the loved as the first-born in preference to the son of the disliked, who is the first-born,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the disliked, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the first issue of his strength; the right of the first-born is his.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:6 - And the first son whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his brother who is dead, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel.

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