בְּכוֹר
bᵉkôwr · bek-ore'
firstborn; hence, chief
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1069 (בָּכַר);
firstborn; hence, chief
- firstborn
- hence, chief
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the open hand that covers › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
The house, what is within of the open hand that covers that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּכוֹר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
122 occurrences · 122 OT · 0 NT · 62 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the firstborn23 · 28%
- his firstborn10 · 12%
- all the firstborn7 · 9%
- and all the firstborn5 · 6%
- firstborn3 · 4%
- instead of all the firstborn3 · 4%
- and his firstborn3 · 4%
- of the firstborn3 · 4%
- or the firstling2 · 2%
- and the firstborn2 · 2%
- from the firstborn2 · 2%
- unto me all the firstborn2 · 2%
- thy firstborn2 · 2%
- for he was the firstborn2 · 2%
- in their eldest2 · 2%
- for all the firstborn2 · 2%
- but all the firstborn1 · 1%
- both the firstborn1 · 1%
- even unto the firstborn1 · 1%
- even thy firstborn1 · 1%
- even my firstborn1 · 1%
- unto the firstborn1 · 1%
- thou art my firstborn1 · 1%
- for this is the firstborn1 · 1%
- was the firstborn1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.