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Lexicon :: Strong's H1062 - bᵊḵôrâ

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בְּכוֹרָה
Transliteration
bᵊḵôrâ
Pronunciation
bek-o-raw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 Box Gen 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:4 - And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Jehovah had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:31 - And Jacob said, Sell me first thy birthright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:32 - And Esau said, Behold, I am about to die: and what profit shall the birthright do to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:33 - And Jacob said, Swear to me first; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34 - And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: so Esau despised his birthright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:36 - And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:33

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 marvelled one with another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:6 - and thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:17 - Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy grain, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill-offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:23 - And thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God always.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:1 - And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel (for he was the first-born; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:2 - For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s),
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