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Lexicon :: Strong's H1242 - bōqer

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בֹּקֶר
Transliteration
bōqer
Pronunciation
bo'-ker
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 274c

Strong’s Definitions

בֹּקֶר bôqer, bo'-ker; from H1239; properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning:—(+) day, early, morning, morrow.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 205x

The KJV translates Strong's H1242 in the following manner: morning (191x), morrow (7x), day (3x), days (with H6153) (1x), early (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 205x
The KJV translates Strong's H1242 in the following manner: morning (191x), morrow (7x), day (3x), days (with H6153) (1x), early (3x).
  1. morning, break of day

    1. morning

      1. of end of night

      2. of coming of daylight

      3. of coming of sunrise

      4. of beginning of day

      5. of bright joy after night of distress (fig.)

    2. morrow, next day, next morning

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֹּקֶר bôqer, bo'-ker; from H1239; properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning:—(+) day, early, morning, morrow.
STRONGS H1242: Abbreviations
בֹּ֫קֶר 214 noun masculineExodus 10:13 morning (Late Hebrew id.; from split, penetrate, as the dawn the darkness, light through cloud-rifts, etc.) — ב׳ Genesis 1:5 + (always absolute); plural בְּקָרִים Job 7:18 + 4 times; —
1. morning (of point of time, time at which, never during which, English morning = forenoon): —
a. of end of night (opposed to לַיְלָה) Exodus 10:13 (J) Leviticus 6:2 (P) Judges 19:25; Ruth 3:13 (twice in verse); Isaiah 21:12 compare 1 Samuel 19:11 (|| מחר, opposed to לילה); opposed to לֵילוֺת Psalm 92:3; also (opposed to לוּן) Exodus 23:18; Exodus 34:25 (both J E) Leviticus 19:13 (H) Deuteronomy 16:4; opposed to צלמות Amos 5:8; compare further Genesis 40:6; Genesis 41:8 (both E) Exodus 12:22; Exodus 34:2 (twice in verse) (both J E) 1 Samuel 3:15 +,
b. implying the coming of dawn, and even daylight Genesis 29:25 (E) Genesis 44:3 (J) 1 Kings 3:21 (but Klo here for 2nd בַּבֹּקֶר, reads לְבַקֵּר by looking at it see H1239 בָּקַר) Job 24:17; Job 38:12 (|| שַׁחַר); לִפְנוֺת הַבּ׳ Exodus 14:27 (JE) at the turn of the morning, so Judges 19:26 (|| בַּעֲלוֺת הַשָּׁ֑חַר Judges 19:25; followed by עַד־הָאוֺר, as something later, Judges 19:26); see Ruth 3:14 (|| בטרו֯ם יכיר אישׁ את רעהו before men could recognise each other); compare כּוֺכְבֵי בֹקֶר Job 38:7 stars of morning; but also with אוֺר verb Genesis 44:3 (J) הבקר אור; with אור noun, באור הבקר Micah 2:1; & especially עד אור הבקר Judges 16:2 (opposed to לילה) so 1 Samuel 14:36; also 1 Samuel 25:22, 34, 36; 2 Samuel 17:22; 2 Kings 7:9; compare 1 Samuel 29:10 (|| וְאוֺר לָכֶם).
c. of coming of sunrise Judges 9:33; 2 Samuel 23:4 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 3:22 compare וערב מוֺצָּאֵי ב׳ Psalm 65:9 i.e. places of sunrise and sunset (|| קְצוֺת i.e. ends of earth).
d. of beginning of day, וְעַד־עַתָּה מֵאָז הַבּ׳ Ruth 2:7 (compare Ruth 2:14) see 2 Samuel 24:15 (but strike out We Dr); time of prayer, & praise Psalm 5:4 (twice in verse) (see Hu) Psalm 59:17; Psalm 88:14; Psalm 92:3; || צהרים noon 1 Kings 18:26; Jeremiah 20:16; of three hours of prayer, ערב ובקר וצהרים Psalm 55:18 (compare Daniel 6:10; Daniel 6:13); compare also with עֶרֶב below.
e. opposed to עֶרֶב Genesis 49:27 (poem in J) Exodus 16:7, 8, 12, 13; Leviticus 6:13; Numbers 9:21 (all P) Deuteronomy 28:67 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 11:14; 1 Kings 17:6; Isaiah 17:14; Zephaniah 3:3; Ezekiel 24:18 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 33:22; Daniel 8:26; Psalm 30:6; Psalm 90:5; Psalm 90:6; Ecclesiastes 11:6; 1 Chronicles 16:40; 2 Chronicles 2:3; 2 Chronicles 13:11; 31:3; Ezra 3:3; Esther 2:14; opposed to בֵּין הערבים Exodus 29:39, 41; Numbers 28:4, 8 (all P); especially מן־הבקר עד־הערב = all day Exodus 18:13 & (without article) Exodus 18:14 (both E); מבקר לָעֶרֶב Job 4:20 = between morning and evening; also מֵעֶרֶב עַד־בֹּקֶר = all night, Exodus 27:21 (P) Leviticus 24:3 (H) Numbers 9:21 & בָּעֶרֶב עַד־בּ׳ Numbers 9:15 (both P); note also the formula וַיְהִי ערב ויהי בקר and evening came and then morning Genesis 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31 (all P), i.e. the day ended with evening, and the night with morning; peculiar is Daniel 8:14 of omission of daily sacrifice עַד עֶרֶב בֹּקֶר אַלְמַּיִם וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת, until 2300 evening-mornings, probably = 2300 half-days (Ew Hi Meinh Bev DrIntr. 464, compare Daniel 8:26 & 3 1/2 times (years) Daniel 7:25; Daniel 12:11; Daniel 12:17).
f. often (above & elsewhere) with preposition (+ article except Job 7:18); in the morning, בַּבֹּקֶר Genesis 19:27 110 times, compare also בִּהְיֹת הַבּ׳ Exodus 19:16; in (or at) the morning, לַבּ׳ Amos 4:4 + 7 times; for (against or by) the morning, לַבּ׳ Exodus 34:2 compare Psalm 130:6 (compare Checritical note); nearly = until (עַד־) Exodus 34:25; Deuteronomy 16:4; Zephaniah 3:3; further בַּבּ׳ בַּבּ׳ morning by morning, every morning Exodus 16:21; Exodus 30:7; Exodus 36:3; Leviticus 6:5 (all P) 2 Samuel 13:4; 1 Chronicles 23:30; 2 Chronicles 13:11; Isaiah 28:19; Isaiah 50:4; Ezekiel 46:13, 14, 15; Zephaniah 3:5 also לַבּ׳ לַבּ׳, same sense, 1 Chronicles 9:27; plural לַבְּקָרִים every morning afresh Psalm 73:14; Isaiah 33:2 compare Lamentations 3:23; almost = continually Psalm 101:8 (compare Jeremiah 21:12); see לִבְקָרִים Job 7:18 (|| לִרְגָעִים every moment); also without preposition or article in the morning Hosea 7:6 compare Psalm 5:4 (twice in verse); Psalm 55:18, d. above, & below 2.
g. figurative of bright joy after night of distress (poetry) Job 11:17; compare Psalm 30:6; Psalm 46:6 (לִפְנוֺת בּ׳) Psalm 49:15; Psalm 59:17; Psalm 90:14; Psalm 143:8.
h. in phrases, הִשְׁכִּים בַּבּ׳ (וַיַּשְׁכֵּם etc.) he rose early in the morning Genesis 19:27; Genesis 20:8; Genesis 21:14; Genesis 22:3; Genesis 26:31; Genesis 28:18; Genesis 32:1 Genesis 31:55; Exodus 8:16; Exodus 9:13; Exodus 24:4; Exodus 34:4; Numbers 14:40; Joshua 3:1; Joshua 6:12; Joshua 7:16; Joshua 8:10 (all J E) Judges 6:28; Judges 19:5, 8; 1 Samuel 1:19; 1 Samuel 5:4; compare 1 Samuel 15:12; 1 Samuel 17:20; 1 Samuel 29:10 (twice in verse) compare 1 Samuel 29:11, 2 Kings 3:22; 2 Kings 19:35 = Isaiah 37:36; 2 Chronicles 20:20; Job 1:5; Proverbs 27:14; Isaiah 5:11; (ויקומו etc.) ויקם בַּבּ׳ Genesis 24:54; Numbers 22:13, 21 (all J E) Judges 19:27; Judges 20:19; 2 Samuel 24:11; 1 Kings 3:21; אַשְׁמֹרֶת הַבּ׳ morning watch Exodus 14:24; 1 Samuel 11:11.
2. morrow, next day (compare German Morgen, morgen) without article Exodus 16:19, 20; Leviticus 7:15; Leviticus 22:30 (opposed to הַיּוֺם הַהוּא) Numbers 16:5 (|| מָחָר Numbers 16:7; Numbers 16:16) compare Exodus 12:10 (twice in verse); Numbers 9:12; with article Exodus 16:23, 24; Exodus 29:34; לַבּ׳ Exodus 34:25; Numbers 22:41; Zephaniah 3:3; בַּבּ׳ 1 Samuel 9:19 (opposed to הַיּוֺם to-day) compare 1 Samuel 20:35; to-morrow morning הַבּ׳ Judges 6:31 (Stu); בַּבּ׳ Exodus 7:15; Joshua 7:14; Esther 5:14; definitely מִמָּֽחֳרָת בַּבּ׳ 1 Samuel 5:4; מֵהַבּ׳ 2 Samuel 2:27; adverb. use in this sense (without preposition or article) Exodus 16:7; Numbers 16:5.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:5; 1:5; 1:8; 1:13; 1:19; 1:23; 1:31; 19:1; 19:27; 19:27; 20:8; 21:14; 22:3; 24:54; 26:31; 28:18; 29:25; 32:1; 40:6; 41:8; 44:3; 44:3; 49:27

Exodus

7:15; 8:16; 9:13; 10:13; 10:13; 12:10; 12:22; 14:24; 14:27; 16:7; 16:7; 16:8; 16:12; 16:13; 16:19; 16:20; 16:21; 16:23; 16:24; 18:13; 18:14; 19:16; 23:18; 24:4; 27:21; 29:34; 29:39; 29:41; 30:7; 34:2; 34:2; 34:4; 34:25; 34:25; 34:25; 36:3

Leviticus

6:2; 6:5; 6:13; 7:15; 19:13; 22:30; 24:3

Numbers

9:12; 9:15; 9:21; 9:21; 14:40; 16:5; 16:5; 16:7; 16:16; 22:13; 22:21; 22:41; 28:4; 28:8

Deuteronomy

16:4; 16:4; 28:67

Joshua

3:1; 6:12; 7:14; 7:16; 8:10

Judges

6:28; 6:31; 9:33; 16:2; 19:5; 19:8; 19:25; 19:25; 19:26; 19:26; 19:27; 20:19

Ruth

2:7; 2:14; 3:13; 3:14

1 Samuel

1:19; 3:15; 5:4; 5:4; 9:19; 11:11; 14:36; 15:12; 17:20; 19:11; 20:35; 25:22; 25:34; 25:36; 29:10; 29:10; 29:11

2 Samuel

2:27; 11:14; 13:4; 17:22; 23:4; 24:11; 24:15

1 Kings

3:21; 3:21; 17:6; 18:26

2 Kings

3:22; 3:22; 7:9; 19:35

1 Chronicles

9:27; 16:40; 23:30

2 Chronicles

2:3; 13:11; 13:11; 20:20; 31:3

Ezra

3:3

Esther

2:14; 5:14

Job

1:5; 4:20; 7:18; 7:18; 7:18; 11:17; 24:17; 38:7; 38:12

Psalms

5:4; 5:4; 30:6; 30:6; 46:6; 49:15; 55:18; 55:18; 59:17; 59:17; 65:9; 73:14; 88:14; 90:5; 90:6; 90:14; 92:3; 92:3; 101:8; 130:6; 143:8

Proverbs

27:14

Ecclesiastes

11:6

Isaiah

5:11; 17:14; 21:12; 28:19; 33:2; 37:36; 50:4

Jeremiah

20:16; 21:12

Lamentations

3:23

Ezekiel

24:18; 33:22; 46:13; 46:14; 46:15

Daniel

6:10; 6:13; 7:25; 8:14; 8:26; 8:26; 12:11

Hosea

7:6

Amos

4:4; 5:8

Micah

2:1

Zephaniah

3:3; 3:3; 3:3; 3:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1242 matches the Hebrew בֹּקֶר (bōqer),
which occurs 214 times in 189 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (1Sa 20:35–Psa 88:13)

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:35 -

Now it happened in the morning H1242 that Jonathan went out into the field for the appointment with David, and a very young man was with him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:22 - “May God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if by morning H1242 I leave as much as one [fn]male of any who belong to him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - “Nevertheless, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there would not have been left to Nabal until the morning H1242 light as much as one [fn]male.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 -

Then Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; so she did not tell him anything small or great until the morning H1242 light.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:37 - But in the morning H1242, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him so that he became as a stone.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:10 - “So now, arise early in the morning H1242 with the servants of your lord who have come with you, and as soon as you have arisen early in the morning H1242 and have light, go.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:11 - So David arose early, he and his men, to go in the morning H1242 to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:27 - And Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then the people would have only gone away in the morning H1242, each from following his brother.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:14 -

Now it happened in the morning H1242 that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4 - And he said to him, “O son of the king, why are you so depressed morning H1242 after morning H1242? Will you not tell me?” Then Amnon said to him, “I am in love with Tamar, the sister of my brother Absalom.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:22 - Then David and all the people who were with him arose and crossed the Jordan; and by [fn]dawn H1242 not even one remained who had not crossed the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 -

Is as the light of the morning H1242 when the sun rises,

A morning H1242 without clouds,

From brightness of the sun after rain.’

With the tender grass springing from the earth,

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:11 - Then David arose in the morning H1242, and the word of Yahweh came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:15 -

So Yahweh [fn]sent a pestilence against Israel from the morning H1242 until the appointed time, and 70,000 men of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:21 - “When I rose in the morning H1242 to nurse my son, behold, he was dead; but when I looked at him carefully in the morning H1242, behold, he was not my son, whom I had borne.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:6 - And the ravens were bringing him bread and meat in the morning H1242 and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26 - Then they took the ox which [fn]was given them and they prepared it and called on the name of Baal from morning H1242 until noon saying, “O Baal, answer us.” But there was no voice and no one answered. And they [fn]limped about the altar which [fn]they had made.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:20 - Then it happened in the morning H1242 about the time of offering the sacrifice, that behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:22 - Then they rose early in the morning H1242, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:9 -

Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, but we are keeping silent; if we wait until morning H1242 light, punishment will [fn]overtake us. So now, come, let us go and tell the king’s household.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:8 - Then the messenger came and told him, saying, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” So he said, “Put them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning H1242.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:9 - Now it happened in the morning H1242 that he went out and stood and said to all the people, “You are righteous; behold, I conspired against my master and killed him, but who struck down all these?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:15 - Then King Ahaz [fn]commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “Upon the great altar offer up in smoke the morning H1242 burnt offering and the evening grain offering and the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land and their grain offering and their drink offerings; and splash on it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice. But the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:35 -

Now it happened that night, that the angel of Yahweh went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And the [fn]men arose early in the morning H1242, and behold, all of [fn]them were dead bodies.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:27 - And they spent the night all around the house of God, because the watch was [fn]committed to them; and they were over opening it morning H1242 by morning H1242.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:40 - to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of burnt offering continually morning H1242 and evening, even according to all that is written in the law of Yahweh, which He commanded Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:30 - And they are to stand every H1242 morning H1242 to thank and to praise Yahweh, and likewise at evening,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:4 - “Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, setting it apart to Him as holy, to burn fragrant incense before Him and to set out the showbread continually, and to offer burnt offerings morning H1242 and evening, on sabbaths and on new moons and on the appointed feasts of Yahweh our God, this being required forever in Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - “And every H1242 morning H1242 and evening they [fn]burn to Yahweh burnt offerings and fragrant incense, and the showbread is set on the clean table, and the golden lampstand with its lamps is ready to light every evening; for we keep the responsibility given by Yahweh our God, but you have forsaken Him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:20 -

And they rose early in the morning H1242 and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, establish your faith in Yahweh your God and you will be established. Establish your faith in His prophets and succeed.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:3 - He also appointed the king’s portion of his goods for the burnt offerings, namely, for the morning H1242 and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths and for the new moons and for the appointed times, as it is written in the law of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:3 - So they set up the altar on its foundation, for [fn]they were terrified because of the peoples of the lands; and they offered burnt offerings on it to Yahweh, burnt offerings morning H1242 and evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - In the evening she would go in, and in the morning H1242 she would return to the second harem, to the hand of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch who kept charge of the concubines. She would not again go in to the king unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Have a [fn]gallows [fn]fifty cubits high made and in the morning H1242 say to the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it; then go gladly with the king to the feast.” And the word was good to Haman, so he had the gallows made.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - Now it happened when the days of feasting had completed their cycle, that Job would send and set them apart as holy. And he would rise up early in the morning H1242 and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned and [fn]cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:20 -

‘Between morning H1242 and evening they are broken in pieces;

[fn]Unobserved, they perish forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:18 -

That You [fn]examine him every morning H1242

And test him every moment?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:17 -

“And your lifetime would arise brighter than noonday;

Darkness would be like the morning H1242.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:17 -

“For the morning H1242 is the same to him as the shadow of death,

For he recognizes the terrors of the shadow of death.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:7 -

When the morning H1242 stars sang together

And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:12 -

“Have you [fn]ever in your life commanded the morning H1242,

And caused the dawn to know its place,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:3 -

O Yahweh, in the morning H1242, [fn]You will hear my voice;

In the morning H1242 I will order my [fn]prayer to You and eagerly watch.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:5 -

For His anger is but for a moment,

His favor is for a lifetime;

Weeping may last for the night,

But a shout of joy comes in the morning H1242.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:5 -

God is in the midst of her, she will not be shaken;

God will help her [fn]when morning H1242 dawns.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 -

As sheep they are appointed for Sheol;

Death will shepherd them;

And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning H1242,

And their form shall be for Sheol to consume,

Far away from his habitation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:17 -

Evening and morning H1242 and at noon, I will bring my complaint and moan,

And He will hear my voice.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:16 -

But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength;

And I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning H1242,

For You have been my stronghold

And a refuge in the day of my distress.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:8 -

They who inhabit the ends of the earth are in fear on account of Your signs;

You make [fn]the dawn H1242 and the sunset shout for joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:14 -

For I have been stricken all day long

And [fn]reproved every morning H1242.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:13 -

But as for me, O Yahweh, I have cried out to You for help,

And in the morning H1242 my prayer comes before You.


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