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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.
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

H1060

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Strong's Number H1060 matches the Hebrew בְּכוֹר (bᵊḵôr),
which occurs 25 times in 18 verses in 'Num' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:20 -

Now the sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn H1060, their descendants 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 to war,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:2 - These then are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn H1060, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12 - “Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn H1060, the firstborn of the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:13 - “For all the firstborn H1060 are Mine; on the day that I fatally struck all the firstborn H1060 in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn H1060 in Israel, from the human firstborn to animals. They shall be Mine; I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:40 -

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:41 - “And you shall take the Levites for Me—I am the LORD—instead of all the firstborn H1060 among the sons of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites in place of all the firstborn H1060 among the cattle of the sons of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:42 - So Moses counted all the firstborn H1060 among the sons of Israel, just as the LORD had commanded him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:45 - “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn H1060 among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle. And the Levites shall be Mine; I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46 - “And as [fn]a redemption price for the 273 of the firstborn H1060 of the sons of Israel who are in excess of the number of the Levites,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:16 - for they are exclusively given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself instead of the firstborn of every womb, the firstborn H1060 of all the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:17 - “For every firstborn H1060 among the sons of Israel is Mine, among the people and among the animals; on the day that I fatally struck all the firstborn H1060 in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for Myself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:18 - “But I have taken the Levites instead of every firstborn H1060 among the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15 - “[fn]Every firstborn of the womb of all flesh, whether human or animal, which they offer to the LORD, shall be yours; however you must redeem the human firstborn H1060, and the firstborn H1060 of unclean animals you shall redeem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:17 - “But the firstborn H1060 of an ox, the firstborn H1060 of a sheep, or the firstborn H1060 of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and offer up their fat in smoke as an offering by fire, for a soothing aroma to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:5

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;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:4 - while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn H1060 whom the LORD had fatally struck among them. The LORD had also executed judgments against their gods.
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