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Lexicon :: Strong's H1241 - bāqār

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בָּקָר
Transliteration
bāqār
Pronunciation
baw-kawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 274a

Strong’s Definitions

בָּקָר bâqâr, baw-kawr'; from H1239; a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd:—beeve, bull (+ -ock), + calf, + cow, great (cattle), + heifer, herd, kine, ox.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 182x

The KJV translates Strong's H1241 in the following manner: ox (78x), herd (44x), beeves (7x), young (18x), young (with H1121) (17x), bullock (6x), bullock (with H1121) (2x), calf (with H1121) (2x), heifer (2x), kine (2x), bulls (1x), cattle (1x), cow's (1x), great (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 182x
The KJV translates Strong's H1241 in the following manner: ox (78x), herd (44x), beeves (7x), young (18x), young (with H1121) (17x), bullock (6x), bullock (with H1121) (2x), calf (with H1121) (2x), heifer (2x), kine (2x), bulls (1x), cattle (1x), cow's (1x), great (1x).

  1. cattle, herd, oxen, ox

    1. cattle (generic pl. but sing. in form - coll)

    2. herd (particular one)

    3. head of cattle (individually)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּקָר bâqâr, baw-kawr'; from H1239; a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd:—beeve, bull (+ -ock), + calf, + cow, great (cattle), + heifer, herd, kine, ox.
STRONGS H1241: Abbreviations
בָּקָר 182 noun masculine1Ki 5:3 + (feminineGenesis 33:16; Job 1:14 compare Deuteronomy 32:14 2 Samuel 17:29) cattle, herd, ox (Arabic بَقَرٌ, Aramaic בַּקְרָא, בַּקְרְתָא, arqfb (compare also HomNS 222 ff.); name from ploughing, so Thes LagBN 51 and others) — absolute בּ׳ Genesis 12:16 +; construct בְּקַר Numbers 7:88; suffix בְּקָֽרְךָ Genesis 45:10 +; בְּקָרֶ֑ךָ Exodus 20:24; Jeremiah 5:17; בְּקָרוֺ 1 Samuel 11:7; 2 Samuel 12:4; בְּקַרְכֶם Deuteronomy 12:6; בְּקָרָם Jeremiah 3:24 +; plural בְּקָרִים Amos 6:12 (al. read בקר ים) 2 Chronicles 4:3 (but read מְּקָעִים see || 1 Kings 7:24 below); suffix בְּקָרֵינוּ Nehemiah 10:37; read בקריכם for בחוריכם 1 Samuel 8:16 Greek Version of the LXX We Dr; —
1. mostly collective.
a. cattle, generic (never plural in form) Genesis 12:6; Genesis 13:5; Genesis 20:14; Genesis 21:27; Genesis 24:35; Leviticus 1:2; Deuteronomy 8:13; 1 Samuel 11:5; Hosea 5:6; Joel 1:18; 1 Chronicles 27:29 (twice in verse) + often (frequently || צאֹן); as grazing, 1 Chronicles 27:29 +; in simile כַּבּ׳ Job 40:15; Isaiah 11:7; Isaiah 65:25; as lowing (קוֺל הַבּ׳) 1 Samuel 15:14; מִקְנֵה בָקָר possession of (i.e. property in) cattle Genesis 6:14; Genesis 47:17 (both J); עֶדְרֵי ב׳ Joel 1:18 herds of cattle; especially בֶּן־בָּקָר son of cattle (i.e. belonging to the בקר), to denote a single ox, calf, etc.; as used for food Genesis 18:7 compare Genesis 18:8 (J); — in these probably = calf (see also 1 Samuel 14:32 בָּקָר וּבְנֵי בָקָר); usually for sacrifice (Hexateuch only P) Numbers 15:8, 9; בֶּן־הַבּ׳ Leviticus 1:5; appositive עֵגֶל † Leviticus 9:2; — compare עֶגְלַת בָּקָר † Deuteronomy 21:3; 1 Samuel 16:2; Isaiah 7:21; — mostly appositive פַּר Exodus 29:1 + 27 times; also plural † בקר בני פָּרִים Numbers 28:11, 19, 27; Numbers 29:13, 17 (on all these compare בֵּן); also indefinite cattle, oxen, of a number not specified Numbers 7:87, 88 (in both enumerated as פָּרִים); Numbers 22:40; 1 Samuel 14:32; 1 Samuel 15:21; 1 Kings 1:9; 1 Kings 7:29 (twice in verse) (here of graven work) 1 Kings 8:5; 1 Chronicles 12:40; 2 Chronicles 5:6; 18:2; Isaiah 22:13; Psalm 66:15; also as beasts of burden 1 Chronicles 12:40.
b. a particular herd of cattle Genesis 18:7 (J); compare plural בְּקָרֵינוּ, our herds, only Nehemiah 10:37.
2. more individually, head of cattle, — yet always of more than one (Hexateuch mostly P; plural only Amos 6:12 2 Chronicles 4:3 see above); of two Numbers 7:17 + 11 times Numbers 7; † compare also צֶמֶד ב׳ yoke (pair) of oxen 1 Samuel 11:7 compare 1 Samuel 11:7, 1 Kings 19:21 compare 1 Kings 19:21 (ploughing, compare 1 Kings 19:19); also 2 Samuel 6:6 = 1 Chronicles 13:9 (drawing a cart, compare Numbers 7:3f.; 1 Samuel 6:7f.), 2 Samuel 24:22 = 1 Chronicles 21:33, 2 Samuel 24:22, 24; 1 Kings 19:20; Amos 6:12 (plural); 500 yoke of oxen Job 1:3 compare Job 1:14; 1000 yoke Job 42:12; further, of four Numbers 7:7; five Exodus 21:37 (תַּחַת הַשּׁוֺר); seven 2 Chronicles 29:22 (|| פָּרִים 2 Chronicles 29:21); eight Numbers 7:8; ten 1 Kings 5:3; twelve Numbers 7:3 (singly called שׁוֺר) compare Numbers 7:6; of the twelve brazen bulls beneath the sea in Solomon's temple 1 Kings 7:25, 44 2 Chronicles 4:4, 15 compare 2 Kings 16:17; 2 Chronicles 4:3 (דְּמוּת בְּקָרִים) 2 Chronicles 4:3 (but read in both פְּקָעִים, as || 1 Kings 7:24 compare Be Öttli) 1 Kings 7:4; Jeremiah 52:20; of twenty 1 Kings 5:3; seventy 2 Chronicles 29:32; hundreds or thousands 1 Kings 8:63 2 Chronicles 7:5; 15:11; 29:33; 35:7, 8, 9 (compare 2 Chronicles 35:12), & Numbers 31:33, 38, 44†. Note חֶמְאַת בָּקָר Deuteronomy 32:14 (poem), שְׁפוֺת ב׳ 2 Samuel 17:29, כְּלִי הַבּ׳ 2 Samuel 24:22; 1 Kings 19:21, מַלְמַד הַבּ׳ Judges 3:31, צְפִו֯עֵי הַבּ׳ Ezekiel 4:15 (opposed to גֶּלֲלֵי הָאָדָם).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:14; 12:6; 12:16; 13:5; 18:7; 18:7; 18:8; 20:14; 21:27; 24:35; 33:16; 45:10; 47:17

Exodus

20:24; 29:1

Leviticus

1:2; 1:5; 9:2

Numbers

7; 7:3; 7:3; 7:6; 7:7; 7:8; 7:17; 7:87; 7:88; 7:88; 15:8; 15:9; 22:40; 28:11; 28:19; 28:27; 29:13; 29:17; 31:33; 31:38; 31:44

Deuteronomy

8:13; 12:6; 21:3; 32:14; 32:14

Judges

3:31

1 Samuel

6:7; 8:16; 11:5; 11:7; 11:7; 11:7; 14:32; 14:32; 15:14; 15:21; 16:2

2 Samuel

6:6; 12:4; 17:29; 17:29; 24:22; 24:22; 24:22; 24:24

1 Kings

1:9; 5:3; 5:3; 5:3; 7:4; 7:24; 7:24; 7:25; 7:29; 7:44; 8:5; 8:63; 19:19; 19:20; 19:21; 19:21; 19:21

2 Kings

16:17

1 Chronicles

12:40; 12:40; 13:9; 27:29; 27:29

2 Chronicles

4:3; 4:3; 4:3; 4:3; 4:4; 4:15; 5:6; 7:5; 15:11; 18:2; 29:21; 29:22; 29:32; 29:33; 35:7; 35:8; 35:9; 35:12

Nehemiah

10:37; 10:37

Job

1:3; 1:14; 1:14; 40:15; 42:12

Psalms

66:15

Isaiah

7:21; 11:7; 22:13; 65:25

Jeremiah

3:24; 5:17; 52:20

Ezekiel

4:15

Hosea

5:6

Joel

1:18; 1:18

Amos

6:12; 6:12; 6:12

H1241

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Strong's Number H1241 matches the Hebrew בָּקָר (bāqār),
which occurs 183 times in 172 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 12:16–Num 7:39)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - And they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, and calves, and asses, and men-servants, and women-servants, and mules, and camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:5 - And Lot who went out with Abram had sheep, and oxen, [fn]and tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:7 - And Abraam ran to the kine, and took a young calf, tender and good, and gave it to his servant, and he hasted to dress it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:8 - And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dressed; and he set them before them, and they did eat, and he stood by them under the tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - And Abimelech took a thousand [fn]pieces of silver, and sheep, and calves, and servants, and maid-servants, and gave them to Abraam, and he returned him Sarrha his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27 - And Abraam took sheep and calves, and gave them to Abimelech, and both made a covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - and the Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he is exalted, and he has given him sheep, and calves, and silver, and gold, servants and servant-maids, camels, and asses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:14 - And he had cattle of sheep, and cattle of oxen, and many tilled lands, and the Phylistines envied him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7 - (LXX 32:8) And Jacob was greatly terrified, and was perplexed; and he divided the people that was with him, and the cows, and the camels, and the sheep, into two camps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:13 - And he said to him, My lord knows, that the children are very tender, and the flocks and the herds with me are with young; if then I shall drive them hard one day, all the cattle will die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:28 - And their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses they took, and all things whatsoever were in the city, and whatsoever were in the plain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:10 - And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gesem of Arabia; and thou shalt be near me, thou and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, thy sheep and thine oxen, and whatsoever things are thine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:32 - And the men are shepherds; for they have been feeders of cattle, and they have brought with them their cattle, and their kine, and all their property.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:1 - And Joseph came and told Pharao, saying, My father, and my brethren, and their cattle, and their oxen, and all their possessions, are come out of the land of Chanaan, and, behold, they are in the land of Gesem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:17 - And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in return for their horses, and for their sheep, and for their oxen, and for their asses; and Joseph maintained them with bread for all their cattle in that year.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:8 - And all the household of Joseph, and his brethren, and all the house of his father, and his kindred; and they left behind the sheep and the oxen in the land of Gesem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3 - behold, the hand of the Lord shall be upon thy cattle in the fields, both on the horses, and on the asses, and on the camels and oxen and sheep, a very great [fn]mortality.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:9 - And Moses said, We will go with the young and the old, with our sons, and daughters, and sheep, and oxen, for it is a feast of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:24 - And Pharao called Moses and Aaron, saying, Go, serve the Lord your God, only [fn]leave your sheep and your oxen, and let your store depart with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:32 - And take with you your sheep, and your oxen: bless me also, I pray you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:38 - And a great mixed company went up with them, and sheep and oxen and very much cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:24 - Ye shall make to me an altar of earth; and upon it ye shall sacrifice your whole burnt-offerings, and your peace-offerings, and your sheep and your calves in every place, where I shall record my name; and I will come to thee and bless thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - (LXX 21:37) And if one steal [fn]an ox or a sheep, and kill it or sell it, he shall pay five calves for a calf, and four sheep for a sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:1 - And these are the things which thou shalt do to them: thou shalt sanctify them, so that they shall serve me in the priesthood; and thou shalt take one young calf from the herd, and two unblemished rams;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:3 - And let no one go up with thee, nor be seen in all the mountain; and let not the sheep and oxen feed near that mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:2 - If any man of you shall bring gifts to the Lord, ye shall bring your gifts of the cattle and of the oxen and of the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:3 - If his gift be a whole-burnt-offering, he shall bring an unblemished male of the herd to the door of the tabernacle of witness, he shall bring it as acceptable before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:5 - And they shall slay the calf before the Lord; and the sons of Aaron the priests shall bring the blood, and they shall pour the blood round about on the altar, which is at the doors of the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:1 - And if his gift to the Lord be a peace-offering, if he should bring it of the oxen, whether it be male or whether it be female, he shall bring it unblemished before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:3 - if the anointed priest sin so as to cause the people to sin, then shall he bring for his sin, which he has sinned, an unblemished calf of the herd to the Lord for his sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:14 - and the sin wherein they have sinned should become known to them, then shall the congregation bring an unblemished calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and they shall bring it to the doors of the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:2 - and Moses said to Aaron, Take to thyself a young calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and a ram for a whole-burnt-offering, unblemished, and offer them before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:3 - Thus shall Aaron enter into the holy place; with a calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and having a ram for a whole-burnt-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:19 - your free-will-offerings shall be males without blemish of the herds, or of the sheep, or of the goats.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:21 - And whatsoever man shall offer a peace-offering to the Lord, discharging a vow, or in the way of free-will-offering, or an offering in your feasts, of the herds or of the sheep, it shall be without blemish for acceptance: there shall be no blemish in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:18 - And ye shall bring with the loaves seven unblemished lambs of a year old, and one calf of the herd, and two rams without blemish, and they shall be a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord: and their meat-offerings and their drink-offerings shall be a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savour to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:32 - And every tithe of oxen, and of sheep, and whatsoever may come in numbering under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:3 - And they brought their gift before the Lord, six covered waggons, and twelve oxen; a waggon from two princes, and a calf from each: and they brought them before the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:6 - And Moses took the waggons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7 - And he gave two waggons and four oxen to the sons of Gedson, according to their ministrations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:8 - And four waggons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari according to their ministrations, by Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:15 - One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:17 - And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Naasson the son of Aminadab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:21 - One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:23 - And for a sacrifice, a peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Nathanael the son of Sogar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:27 - One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:29 - And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Eliab the son of Chælon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:33 - One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:35 - And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Elisur the son of Sediur.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:39 - One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering,

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