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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.
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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 2 / 2 (Deu 33:17–Zec 12:10)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:17 -

“As the firstborn H1060 of his ox, splendor is his,

And his horns are the horns of the wild ox;

With them he will push the peoples,

All [fn]at once, to the ends of the earth.

And those are the ten thousands of Ephraim,

And those are the thousands of Manasseh.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 -

Then Joshua made them swear an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed before Yahweh is the man who rises up and builds this city Jericho; with the loss of his firstborn H1060 he shall lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he shall set up its gates.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:1 -

And this was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn H1060 of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn H1060 of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, [fn]were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:20 - So he said to Jether his firstborn H1060, “Rise, kill them.” But the youth did not draw his sword, for he was afraid because he was still a youth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:2 - The name of his firstborn H1060 was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judging in Beersheba.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:13 - And the three older sons of Jesse had gone. They had gone after Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn H1060, and the second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:2 -

And sons were born to David at Hebron: his firstborn H1060 was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:34 - In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho; he laid its foundations with the loss of Abiram his firstborn H1060, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of Yahweh, which He spoke by the hand of Joshua the son of Nun.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:27 - So he took his oldest H1060 son, who was to reign in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering on the wall. And there came great wrath against Israel, and they set out from him and returned to their own land.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:13 -

Canaan was the father of Sidon, his firstborn H1060, Heth,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:29 - These are their generations:

the firstborn H1060 of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:3 -

The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’s firstborn H1060, was evil in the sight of [fn]Yahweh, so He put him to death.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:13 -

and Jesse became the father of Eliab his firstborn H1060, then Abinadab the second, [fn]Shimea the third,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:25 -

And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn H1060 of Hezron were Ram the firstborn H1060, then Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:27 -

The sons of Ram, the firstborn H1060 of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:42 -

Now the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha his firstborn H1060, who was the father of Ziph; and [fn]his son was Mareshah, the father of Hebron.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:50 -

These were the sons of Caleb.

The [fn]sons of Hur, the firstborn H1060 of Ephrathah, were Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:1 -

Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron:

the firstborn H1060 was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;

the second was Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelitess;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:15 -

The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn H1060, and the second was Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:4 -

Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn H1060 of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:1 -

Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn H1060 of Israel (for he was the firstborn H1060, but because he profaned his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; so that he is not recorded in the genealogy according to the birthright.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:3 -

the sons of Reuben the firstborn H1060 of Israel were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:28 -

The sons of Samuel were Joel the firstborn H1060, and Abijah the second.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:1 -

And Benjamin [fn]became the father of Bela his firstborn H1060, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:30 -

and his firstborn H1060 son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:39 -

The sons of Eshek his brother were Ulam his firstborn H1060, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:5 -

From the Shilonites were Asaiah the firstborn H1060 and his sons.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:31 - And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn H1060 of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things which were baked in pans.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:36 -

and his firstborn H1060 son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:2 -

Meshelemiah had sons:

Zechariah the firstborn H1060, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:4 -

Obed-edom had sons:

Shemaiah the firstborn H1060, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:10 -

Also Hosah, one of the sons of Merari had sons:

Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn H1060, his father made him first),

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:3 - And their father gave them many gifts of silver, gold, and precious things, with fortified cities in Judah, but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn H1060.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:36 - and to bring to the house of our God the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, and the firstborn H1060 of our herds and our flocks as it is written in the law, for the priests who are ministering in the house of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:13 -

Now it happened that on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn H1060,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:18 - While this one was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn H1060,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:13 -

“The firstborn H1060 of death eats parts of his skin;

It eats parts of him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:51 -

So He struck all the firstborn H1060 in Egypt,

The first of their vigor in the tents of Ham.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:27 -

“I also shall make him My firstborn H1060,

The highest of the kings of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:36 -

He also struck down all the firstborn H1060 in their land,

The first of all their vigor.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:8 -

[fn]He struck the firstborn H1060 of Egypt,

From man to beast.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:10 -

To Him who struck [fn]the Egyptians through their firstborn H1060,

For His lovingkindness endures forever,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 -

[fn]And the foremost H1060 of the poor will eat,

And the needy will lie down in security;

I will put to death your root with famine,

And it will kill off your remnant.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:9 -

“With weeping they will come,

And by supplication I will lead them;

I will make them walk by streams of waters,

On a straight path in which they will not stumble;

For I am a father to Israel,

And Ephraim is My firstborn H1060.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:7 -

Is Yahweh pleased with thousands of rams,

With ten thousand rivers of oil?

Shall I give my firstborn H1060 for my transgression,

The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:10 -

“And I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem [fn]the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn H1060.


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