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Lexicon :: Strong's H1062 - bᵊḵôrâ

Aa
בְּכוֹרָה
Transliteration
bᵊḵôrâ
Pronunciation
bek-o-raw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 244c

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: בכורה (Strongs and Gesenius) בכרה (Strongs and Gesenius)

Strong’s Definitions

בְּכוֹרָה bᵉkôwrâh, bek-o-raw'; or (short) בְּכֹרָה bᵉkôrâh; feminine of H1060; the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture:—birthright, firstborn(-ling).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H1062 in the following manner: birthright (9x), firstling (5x), firstborn (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H1062 in the following manner: birthright (9x), firstling (5x), firstborn (1x).

  1. birthright, primogeniture, right of the first-born

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּכוֹרָה bᵉkôwrâh, bek-o-raw'; or (short) בְּכֹרָה bᵉkôrâh; feminine of H1060; the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture:—birthright, firstborn(-ling).
STRONGS H1062: Abbreviations
† בְּכֹרָה noun feminine right of first-born Genesis 25:32; Genesis 23:34 (J) Deuteronomy 21:17; 1 Chronicles 5:1, 2; suffix בְּכֹרָתִי Genesis 27:36 (JE); בְּכֹרָתְךָ Genesis 25:31 (J); בְּכֹרָתוֺ Genesis 25:33; Genesis 43:33 (J) 1 Chronicles 5:1.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:31; 25:32; 25:33; 27:36; 43:33

Deuteronomy

21:17

1 Chronicles

5:1; 5:1; 5:2

H1062

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1062 matches the Hebrew בְּכוֹרָה (bᵊḵôrâ),
which occurs 14 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:4 - And Abel, H1893 he H1931 also H1571 brought H935 of the firstlings H1062 of his flock H6629 and of the fat thereof. H2459 And H8159➔ the LORD H3068 had respect ➔H8159 unto H413 Abel H1893 and to H413 his offering: H4503

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:31 - And H559➔ Jacob H3290 said, ➔H559 Sell H4376 me H589 this day H3117 thy birthright. H1062

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:32 - And H559➔ Esau H6215 said, ➔H559 Behold, H2009 I H595 am at the point H1980 to die: H4191 and what profit shall H4100➔ this H2088 birthright H1062 do ➔H4100 to me? H589

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:33 - And H559➔ Jacob H3290 said, ➔H559 Swear H7650 to me this day; H3117 and he sware H7650 unto him: and he sold H4376 his birthright H1062 unto Jacob. H3290

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34 - Then Jacob H3290 gave H5414 Esau H6215 bread H3899 and pottage H5138 of lentiles; H5742 and he did eat H398 and drink, H8354 and rose up, H6965 and went his way: H3212 thus H959➔ Esau H6215 despised ➔H959 his birthright. H1062

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:36 - And he said, H559 Is not H3588➔ he H7121➔ rightly ➔H3588 named ➔H7121 H8034 Jacob? H3290 for he hath supplanted me H6117 these H2088 two times: H6471 he took away H3947 my birthright; H1062 and, behold, H2009 now H6258 he hath taken away H3947 my blessing. H1293 And he said, H559 Hast thou H680➔ not H3808 reserved ➔H680 a blessing H1293 for me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:33 - And they sat H3427 before him, H6440 the firstborn H1060 according to his birthright, H1062 and the youngest H6810 according to his youth: H6812 and H8539➔ the men H376 marvelled ➔H8539 one H376 at H413 another. H7453

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:6 - And H935➔ thither H8033 ye shall bring ➔H935 your burnt offerings, H5930 and your sacrifices, H2077 and H853 your tithes, H4643 and H853 heave offerings H8641 of your hand, H3027 and your vows, H5088 and your freewill offerings, H5071 and the firstlings H1062 of your herds H1241 and of your flocks: H6629

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:17 - Thou mayest H3201 not H3808 eat H398 within thy gates H8179 the tithe H4643 of thy corn, H1715 or of thy wine, H8492 or of thy oil, H3323 or the firstlings H1062 of thy herds H1241 or of thy flock, H6629 nor any H3605 of thy vows H5088 which H834 thou vowest, H5087 nor thy freewill offerings, H5071 or heave offering H8641 of thine hand: H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:23 - And thou shalt eat H398 before H6440 the LORD H3068 thy God, H430 in the place H4725 which H834 he shall choose H977 to place H7931 his name H8034 there, H8033 the tithe H4643 of thy corn, H1715 of thy wine, H8492 and of thine oil, H3323 and the firstlings H1062 of thy herds H1241 and of thy flocks; H6629 that H4616 thou mayest learn H3925 to fear H3372 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 always. H3605 H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - But H3588 he shall acknowledge H5234 the son H1121 of the hated H8130 for the firstborn, H1060 by giving H5414 him a H6310➔ double H8147 portion ➔H6310 of all H3605 that H834 he hath: H4672 for H3588 he H1931 is the beginning H7225 of his strength; H202 the right H4941 of the firstborn H1062 is his.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:1 - Now the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 the firstborn H1060 of Israel, H3478 (for H3588 he H1931 was the firstborn; H1060 but, forasmuch as he defiled H2490 his father's H1 bed, H3326 his birthright H1062 was given H5414 unto the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130 the son H1121 of Israel: H3478 and H3808➔ the genealogy is H3187➔ not ➔H3808 to be reckoned ➔H3187 after the birthright. H1062

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:2 - For H3588 Judah H3063 prevailed H1396 above his brethren, H251 and H5057➔ of him H4480 came the chief ruler; ➔H5057 but the birthright H1062 was Joseph's:) H3130
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