בְּכוֹרָהbᵉkôwrâh
right of first-born (Genesis 25:32; Genesis 23:34; Deuteronomy 21:17; 1 Chronicles 5:1; 1 Chronicles 5:2)
Pronunciation: bek-o-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1062
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 25:31 “All right,” Jacob replied, “but trade me your rights as the firstborn son.”
- Genesis 25:32 “Look, I’m dying of starvation!” said Esau. “What good is my birthright to me now?”
- Genesis 25:33 But Jacob said, “First you must swear that your birthright is mine.” So Esau swore an oath, thereby selling all his rights as the firstborn to his brother, Jacob.
- Genesis 25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. Esau ate the meal, then got up and left. He showed contempt for his rights as the firstborn.
- Genesis 27:36 Esau exclaimed, “No wonder his name is Jacob, for now he has cheated me twice. First he took my rights as the firstborn, and now he has stolen my blessing. Oh, haven’t you saved even one blessing for me?”
- Genesis 43:33 Joseph told each of his brothers where to sit, and to their amazement, he seated them according to age, from oldest to youngest.
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).