בָּקָר
bâqâr · baw-kawr'
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1239 (בָּקַר);
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
- beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing)
- collectively, a herd
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beeve, bull ([phrase] -ock), [phrase] calf, [phrase] cow, great (cattle), [phrase] heifer, herd, kine, ox.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- 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 › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest
The house, what is within of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּקָר 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
183 occurrences · 183 OT · 0 NT · 76 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- oxen32 · 25%
- young23 · 18%
- and oxen12 · 9%
- a young8 · 6%
- and herds7 · 5%
- of oxen7 · 5%
- and their herds4 · 3%
- of the herd3 · 2%
- bullocks3 · 2%
- of the oxen3 · 2%
- and the oxen3 · 2%
- and the herds2 · 2%
- of the beeves2 · 2%
- beeves2 · 2%
- and of the oxen2 · 2%
- the oxen2 · 2%
- of thy herds2 · 2%
- of kine2 · 2%
- an heifer2 · 2%
- of thy herd2 · 2%
- and your herds2 · 2%
- and over the herds2 · 2%
- and the calf1 · 1%
- a calf1 · 1%
- unto the herd1 · 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.