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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-bornGenesis 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
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:
b. collective בכור בהמה Exodus 11:5; Exodus 12:29; Exodus 13:15; Numbers 3:41; Numbers 18:15; כל הבכור Deuteronomy 15:19.
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 10:15–Deu 25:6)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:15 -

Canaan [fn]was the father of Sidon, his firstborn H1060, and Heth

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:21 - Uz his firstborn H1060 and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:13 - and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, [fn]in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn H1060 of Ishmael, and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - And Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn H1060; I have done as you told me. Rise up, please, sit and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:32 - And Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?” And he said, “I am your son, your firstborn H1060, Esau.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23 -

the sons of Leah:

Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn H1060,

then Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:15 -

These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn H1060 of Esau, are chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:6 -

Then Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn H1060, and her name was Tamar.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:7 - But Er, Judah’s firstborn H1060, was evil in the sight of Yahweh, so Yahweh put him to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:51 - And Joseph named the firstborn H1060 [fn]Manasseh, “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:33 - And they [fn]were seated before him, the firstborn H1060 according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:8 -

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel—of Jacob and his sons—who were coming to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn H1060.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, [fn]crossing his hands, [fn]although Manasseh was the firstborn H1060.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:18 - And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn H1060. Place your right hand on his head.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:3 -

“Reuben, you are my firstborn H1060;

My might and the beginning of my vigor,

[fn]Preeminent in dignity and [fn]preeminent in strength.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:22 - “Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Israel is My son, My firstborn H1060.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:23 - “So I said to you, ‘Let My son go that he may serve Me’; but you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn H1060.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:14 -

These are the heads of their fathers’ households.

The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn H1060:

Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:5 - and all the firstborn H1060 in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn H1060 of the Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn H1060 of the servant-girl who is behind the millstones; and all the firstborn H1060 of the cattle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:12 - ‘And I will go through the land of Egypt on that night and will strike down all the firstborn H1060 in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments—I am Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:29 -

Now it happened at midnight that Yahweh struck all the firstborn H1060 in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn H1060 of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn H1060 of the captive who was in the [fn]dungeon, and all the firstborn H1060 of cattle.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2 - “Sanctify to Me every firstborn H1060, the first [fn]offspring of every womb among the sons of Israel, both of man and beast; it belongs to Me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:13 - “But every first [fn]offspring of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and every firstborn H1060 of man among your sons you shall redeem.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - ‘And it happened, when Pharaoh hardened his heart with stiffness about letting us go, that Yahweh killed every firstborn H1060 in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn H1060 of man and the firstborn H1060 of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to Yahweh the males, the first [fn]offspring of every womb, but every firstborn H1060 of my sons I redeem.’
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:29 -

“You shall not delay the offering from [fn]the fullness of your harvest and the juice of your wine vat. The firstborn H1060 of your sons you shall give to Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:20 - “And you shall redeem with a lamb the [fn]first offspring from a donkey; and if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. You shall redeem all the firstborn H1060 of your sons. [fn]None shall appear before Me empty-handed.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:26 -

‘However, a firstborn H1060 among animals, which as a firstborn belongs to Yahweh, no man may set it apart as holy; whether ox or sheep, it is Yahweh’s.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:20 -

Now the sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn H1060, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:2 - These then are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn H1060, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12 - “Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn H1060, the first offspring of the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:13 - “For all the firstborn H1060 are Mine; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn H1060 in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn H1060 in Israel, from man to beast. They shall be Mine; I am Yahweh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:40 -

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Number every firstborn H1060 male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and [fn]make a list of their names.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:41 - “And you shall take the Levites for Me, I am Yahweh, instead of all the firstborn H1060 among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn H1060 among the cattle of the sons of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:42 - So Moses numbered all the firstborn H1060 among the sons of Israel, just as Yahweh had commanded him;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43 - and all the firstborn H1060 males by the number of names from a month old and upward, for their numbered men were 22,273.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:45 - “Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn H1060 among the sons of Israel and the cattle of the Levites. And the Levites shall be Mine; I am Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46 - “For the redemption price of the 273 of the firstborn H1060 of the sons of Israel who are in excess beyond the Levites,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - from the firstborn H1060 of the sons of Israel he took the money in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, 1,365.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:16 - for they are wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself instead of every first issue of the womb, the firstborn H1060 of all the sons of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:17 - “For every firstborn H1060 among the sons of Israel is Mine, among the men and among the animals; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn H1060 in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:18 - “But I have taken the Levites instead of every firstborn H1060 among the sons of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15 - [fn]Every first issue of the womb of all flesh, whether man or animal, which they bring near to Yahweh, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn H1060 of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn H1060 of unclean animals you shall redeem.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:17 - “But the firstborn H1060 of an ox or the firstborn H1060 of a sheep or the firstborn H1060 of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall splash their blood on the altar and shall offer up their fat in smoke as an offering by fire, for a soothing aroma to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:5 -

Reuben, Israel’s firstborn H1060, the sons of Reuben:

of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites;

of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:4 -

but the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn H1060 whom Yahweh had struck down among them. Yahweh had also executed judgments on their gods.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:19 -

“You shall set apart as holy to Yahweh your God all the firstborn H1060 males that are born of your herd and of your flock; you shall not work with the firstborn H1060 of your herd nor shear the firstborn H1060 of your flock.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:15 -

“If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other [fn]unloved, and both the loved and the [fn]unloved have borne him sons, if the firstborn H1060 son belongs to the [fn]unloved,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:16 - then it shall be in the day he [fn]wills what he has to his sons, he cannot make the son of the loved the firstborn before the son of the [fn]unloved, who is the firstborn H1060.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - “But he shall recognize the firstborn H1060, the son of the [fn]unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that [fn]he has, for he is the first of his vigor; the legal judgment for the firstborn H1060 belongs to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:6 - “And it will be that the firstborn H1060 whom she bears shall [fn]assume the name of his dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

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