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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 the LORD had respect to Abel, and to his offering:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:31 - And Jacob said, Sell to me this day thy birth-right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:32 - And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birth-right bring to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:33 - And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he swore to him: and he sold his birth-right to Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34 - Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he ate and drank, and rose and went his way: thus Esau despised his birth-right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:36 - And he said, Is he not rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me twice: he took away my birth-right; 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 birth-right, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men wondered one at 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 heave-offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your free-will-offerings, and the firstlings of your herds, and of your flocks:

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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 corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy free-will-offerings, or 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 the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thy oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the first-born, 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 - Now the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel, (for he was the first-born; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birth-right was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birth-right.

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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 chief ruler; but the birth-right was Joseph's:)
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