בְּכוֹרbᵉkôwr
first-born
Pronunciation: bek-ore' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1060
Meanings
1. men and women
a. individuals (Genesis 25:13)
2. animals
a. individuals (Leviticus 27:26; Numbers 18:17; Deuteronomy 15:19)
3. figurative (Job 18:13; Isaiah 14:30; Exodus 4:22)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 122 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:4 Abel also brought a gift—the best portions of the firstborn lambs from his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift,
- Genesis 10:15 Canaan’s oldest son was Sidon, the ancestor of the Sidonians. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites,
- Genesis 22:21 The oldest was named Uz, the next oldest was Buz, followed by Kemuel (the ancestor of the Arameans),
- Genesis 25:13 Here is a list, by their names and clans, of Ishmael’s descendants: The oldest was Nebaioth, followed by Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
- Genesis 27:19 Jacob replied, “It’s Esau, your firstborn son. I’ve done as you told me. Here is the wild game. Now sit up and eat it so you can give me your blessing.”
- Genesis 27:32 But Isaac asked him, “Who are you?” Esau replied, “It’s your son, your firstborn son, Esau.”
See every passage
- Genesis 4:4, 10:15, 22:21, 25:13, 27:19, 27:32, 35:23, 36:15, 38:6, 38:7, 41:51, 43:33, 46:8, 48:14, 48:18, 49:3
- Exodus 4:22, 4:23, 6:14, 11:5, 12:12, 12:29, 13:2, 13:13, 13:15, 22:29, 34:20
- Leviticus 27:26
- Numbers 1:20, 3:2, 3:12, 3:13, 3:40, 3:41, 3:42, 3:43, 3:45, 3:46, 3:50, 8:16, 8:17, 8:18, 18:15, 18:17, 26:5, 33:4
- Deuteronomy 12:6, 12:17, 14:23, 15:19, 21:15, 21:16, 21:17, 25:6, 33:17
- Joshua 6:26, 17:1
- Judges 8:20
- 1 Samuel 8:2, 17:13
- 2 Samuel 3:2
- 1 Kings 16:34
- 2 Kings 3:27
- 1 Chronicles 1:13, 1:29, 2:3, 2:13, 2:25, 2:27, 2:42, 2:50, 3:1, 3:15, 4:4, 5:1, 5:3, 6:28, 8:1, 8:30, 8:39, 9:5, 9:31, 9:36, 26:2, 26:4, 26:10
- 2 Chronicles 21:3
- Nehemiah 10:36
- Job 1:13, 1:18, 18:13
- Psalms 78:51, 89:27, 105:36, 135:8, 136:10
- Isaiah 14:30
- Jeremiah 31:9
- Micah 6:7
- Zechariah 12:10
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).