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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
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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 2 / 4 (Lev 6:9–1Sa 19:11)

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:9 - “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the law for the burnt offering: the burnt offering itself shall remain on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning H1242, and the fire on the altar is to be kept burning on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:12 - ‘The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it. It shall not go out, but the priest shall burn wood on it every H1242 morning H1242; and he shall lay out the burnt offering on it, and offer up in smoke the fat portions of the peace offerings on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:20 - “This is the offering which Aaron and his sons are to present to the LORD on the day when he is anointed; the tenth of an [fn]ephah of fine flour as a [fn]regular grain offering, half of it in the morning H1242 and half of it in the evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:15 -

‘Now as for the flesh of the sacrifice of his thanksgiving peace offerings, it shall be eaten on the day of his offering; he shall not leave any of it over until morning H1242.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:17 - Next he presented the grain offering, and filled his [fn]hand with some of it and offered it up in smoke on the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning H1242.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 -

‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired worker are not to remain with you all night until morning H1242.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:30 - “It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it until morning H1242. I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:3 - “Outside the veil of the testimony in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning H1242 before the LORD continually; it shall be a permanent statute throughout your generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:12 - ‘They shall not leave any of it until morning H1242, nor break a bone of it; they shall celebrate it in accordance with the whole statute of the Passover.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:15 -

Now on the day that the tabernacle was erected, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and in the evening it was like the appearance of fire over the tabernacle until morning H1242.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:21 - If [fn]sometimes the cloud [fn]remained from evening until morning H1242, when the cloud was lifted in the morning H1242 they would set out; or if it remained in the daytime and at night, whenever the cloud was lifted, they would set out.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:40 - In the morning H1242, however, they got up early and went up to the [fn]ridge of the hill country, saying, “Here we are; and we will go up to the place which the LORD has [fn]promised, for [fn]we have sinned.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:5 - and he spoke to Korah and all his group, saying, “Tomorrow H1242 morning H1242 the LORD will make known who is His, and who is holy, and will bring that one near to Himself; indeed, the one whom He will choose, He will bring near to Himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:13 - So Balaam got up in the morning H1242 and said to Balak’s representatives, “Go back to your land, for the LORD has refused to let me go with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:21 -

So Balaam arose in the morning H1242, saddled his donkey, and went with the leaders of Moab.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:41 -

Then it came about in the morning H1242 that Balak took Balaam and brought him up to [fn]the high places of Baal, and he saw from there [fn]a portion of the people.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:4 - ‘You shall offer the one lamb in the morning H1242, and the other lamb you shall offer [fn]at twilight;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:8 - ‘The other lamb you shall offer [fn]at twilight; as the grain offering of the morning H1242 and as its drink offering, you shall offer it, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:23 - ‘You shall present these besides the burnt offering of the morning H1242, which is for a continual burnt offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:4 - “For seven days no leaven shall be seen with you in your entire territory, and none of the meat which you sacrifice on the evening of the first day shall be left overnight until the morning H1242.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:7 - “You shall cook and eat it in the place which the LORD your God chooses. In the morning H1242 you are to return to your tents.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:67 - “In the morning H1242 you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ And at evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning H1242!’ because of the terror of your heart which you fear, and the sight of your eyes which you will see.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:1 -

Then Joshua got up early in the morning H1242; and he and all the sons of Israel set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, and they spent the night there before they crossed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:12 -

Now Joshua got up early in the morning H1242, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:14 - ‘So in the morning H1242 you shall come forward by your tribes. And it shall be that the tribe which the LORD selects by lot shall come forward by families, and the family which the LORD selects shall come forward by households, and the household which the LORD selects shall come forward man by man.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:16 -

So Joshua got up early in the morning H1242 and brought Israel forward by [fn]tribes, and the tribe of Judah was selected.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:10 -

Now Joshua got up early in the morning H1242 and mustered the people, and he went up with the elders of Israel before the people to Ai.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28 -

When the people of the city got up early in the morning H1242, behold, the altar of Baal had been torn down, and the Asherah which had been beside it had been cut down, and the second bull had been offered on the altar which had been built.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31 - But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal, or will you save him? Whoever will contend for him shall be put to death by morning H1242. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, since someone has torn down his altar!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:33 - “Then in the morning H1242, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early and attack the city; and behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, you shall do to them [fn]whatever you can.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - When it was reported to the Gazites, saying, “Samson has come here,” they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. And they kept silent all night, saying, “Let’s wait until the morning H1242 light, then we will kill him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:5 - Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning H1242, and he [fn]prepared to go; but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Strengthen [fn]yourself with a piece of bread, and afterward you may go.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:8 - Now on the fifth day he got up to go early in the morning H1242, but the girl’s father said, “Please strengthen [fn]yourself, and wait until [fn]late afternoon”; so both of them ate.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and brought her outside to them; and they [fn]raped her and abused her all night until morning H1242, then let her go at the approach of dawn.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:26 - [fn]As the day H1242 began to dawn H1242, the woman came and fell down at the doorway of the man’s house where her master was, until full daylight.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:27 -

When her master got up in the morning H1242 and opened the doors of the house and went out to go on his way, then behold, his concubine was lying at the doorway of the house with her hands on the threshold.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:19 -

So the sons of Israel got up in the morning H1242 and camped against Gibeah.

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:7 - “And she said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came and has remained from the morning H1242 until now; she has been sitting in the house for a little while.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:13 - “Remain this night, and when morning H1242 comes, if he will [fn]redeem you, good; let him redeem you. But if he does not wish to [fn]redeem you, then I will redeem you, as the LORD lives. Lie down until morning H1242.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:14 -

So she lay at his feet until morning H1242, and got up before one person could recognize another; and he said, “Do not let it be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:19 -

Then they got up early in the morning H1242 and worshiped before the LORD, and returned again to their house in Ramah. And Elkanah [fn]had relations with Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:15 -

So Samuel lay down until morning H1242. Then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. But Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:4 - But when they got up early the next morning H1242, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. And the head of Dagon and both palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold; [fn]only the torso of Dagon was left.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:19 - And Samuel answered Saul and said, “I am the seer. Go up ahead of me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today; and in the morning H1242 I will let you go, and will tell you everything that is on your mind.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:11 - The next morning Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp at the morning H1242 watch, and struck and killed the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And those who survived scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:36 -

Then Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines by night and take plunder among them until the morning H1242 light, and let’s not leave a man among them alive.” And they said, “Do whatever seems good [fn]to you.” So the priest said, “Let’s approach God here.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:12 - Samuel got up early in the morning H1242 to meet Saul; and it was reported to Samuel, saying, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, then turned and proceeded on [fn]down to Gilgal.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:20 -

So David got up early in the morning H1242 and left the flock with a keeper, and took the supplies and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the entrenchment encircling the camp while the army was going out in battle formation, shouting the war cry.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - So Jonathan informed David, saying, “My father Saul is seeking to put you to death. Now then, please be on your guard in the morning H1242, and stay in a hiding place and conceal yourself.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:11 -

Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him, in order to put him to death in the morning H1242. But Michal, David’s wife, informed him, saying, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be put to death!”


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