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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 1 / 4 (Gen 1:5–Exo 36:3)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5 - God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:8 - God called the space “sky.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:13 - And evening passed and morning came, marking the third day.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:19 - And evening passed and morning came, marking the fourth day.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:23 - And evening passed and morning came, marking the fifth day.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:31 - Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:27 - Abraham got up early that morning and hurried out to the place where he had stood in the LORD’s presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8 - Abimelech got up early the next morning and quickly called all his servants together. When he told them what had happened, his men were terrified.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - So Abraham got up early the next morning, prepared food and a container of water, and strapped them on Hagar’s shoulders. Then he sent her away with their son, and she wandered aimlessly in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - The next morning Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along with his son, Isaac. Then he chopped wood for a fire for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had told him about.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:54 - Then they ate their meal, and the servant and the men with him stayed there overnight.
But early the next morning, Abraham’s servant said, “Send me back to my master.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:31 - Early the next morning, they each took a solemn oath not to interfere with each other. Then Isaac sent them home again, and they left him in peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18 - The next morning Jacob got up very early. He took the stone he had rested his head against, and he set it upright as a memorial pillar. Then he poured olive oil over it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:25 - But when Jacob woke up in the morning—it was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob raged at Laban. “I worked seven years for Rachel! Why have you tricked me?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:55 - [fn]Laban got up early the next morning, and he kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:6 - When Joseph saw them the next morning, he noticed that they both looked upset.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:8 - The next morning Pharaoh was very disturbed by the dreams. So he called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. When Pharaoh told them his dreams, not one of them could tell him what they meant.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:3 - The brothers were up at dawn and were sent on their journey with their loaded donkeys.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:27 - “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,
devouring his enemies in the morning
and dividing his plunder in the evening.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - So go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes down to the river. Stand on the bank of the Nile and meet him there. Be sure to take along the staff that turned into a snake.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:20 - Then the LORD told Moses, “Get up early in the morning and stand in Pharaoh’s way as he goes down to the river. Say to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so they can worship me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:13 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh. Tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so they can worship me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:13 - So Moses raised his staff over Egypt, and the LORD caused an east wind to blow over the land all that day and through the night. When morning arrived, the east wind had brought the locusts.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:10 - Do not leave any of it until the next morning. Burn whatever is not eaten before morning.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:22 - Drain the blood into a basin. Then take a bundle of hyssop branches and dip it into the blood. Brush the hyssop across the top and sides of the doorframes of your houses. And no one may go out through the door until morning.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:24 - But just before dawn the LORD looked down on the Egyptian army from the pillar of fire and cloud, and he threw their forces into total confusion.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:27 - So as the sun began to rise, Moses raised his hand over the sea, and the water rushed back into its usual place. The Egyptians tried to escape, but the LORD swept them into the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:7 - In the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your complaints, which are against him, not against us. What have we done that you should complain about us?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:8 - Then Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat in the evening and bread to satisfy you in the morning, for he has heard all your complaints against him. What have we done? Yes, your complaints are against the LORD, not against us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:12 - “I have heard the Israelites’ complaints. Now tell them, ‘In the evening you will have meat to eat, and in the morning you will have all the bread you want. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:13 - That evening vast numbers of quail flew in and covered the camp. And the next morning the area around the camp was wet with dew.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:19 - Then Moses told them, “Do not keep any of it until morning.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:20 - But some of them didn’t listen and kept some of it until morning. But by then it was full of maggots and had a terrible smell. Moses was very angry with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:21 - After this the people gathered the food morning by morning, each family according to its need. And as the sun became hot, the flakes they had not picked up melted and disappeared.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:23 - He told them, “This is what the LORD commanded: Tomorrow will be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath day set apart for the LORD. So bake or boil as much as you want today, and set aside what is left for tomorrow.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:24 - So they put some aside until morning, just as Moses had commanded. And in the morning the leftover food was wholesome and good, without maggots or odor.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:13 - The next day, Moses took his seat to hear the people’s disputes against each other. They waited before him from morning till evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:14 - When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What are you really accomplishing here? Why are you trying to do all this alone while everyone stands around you from morning till evening?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:16 - On the morning of the third day, thunder roared and lightning flashed, and a dense cloud came down on the mountain. There was a long, loud blast from a ram’s horn, and all the people trembled.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:18 - “You must not offer the blood of my sacrificial offerings together with any baked goods containing yeast. And do not leave the fat from the festival offerings until the next morning.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - Then Moses carefully wrote down all the LORD’s instructions. Early the next morning Moses got up and built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He also set up twelve pillars, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:21 - The lampstand will stand in the Tabernacle, in front of the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant.[fn] Aaron and his sons must keep the lamps burning in the LORD’s presence all night. This is a permanent law for the people of Israel, and it must be observed from generation to generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:34 - If any of the ordination meat or bread remains until the morning, it must be burned. It may not be eaten, for it is holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:39 - one in the morning and the other in the evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:41 - Offer the other lamb in the evening, along with the same offerings of flour and wine as in the morning. It will be a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:7 - “Every morning when Aaron maintains the lamps, he must burn fragrant incense on the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:2 - Be ready in the morning to climb up Mount Sinai and present yourself to me on the top of the mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:4 - So Moses chiseled out two tablets of stone like the first ones. Early in the morning he climbed Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him, and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:25 - “You must not offer the blood of my sacrificial offerings together with any baked goods containing yeast. And none of the meat of the Passover sacrifice may be kept over until the next morning.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:3 - Moses gave them the materials donated by the people of Israel as sacred offerings for the completion of the sanctuary. But the people continued to bring additional gifts each morning.

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