בִּכּוּרָהbikkûwrâh

first ripe fig, early fig (Micah 7:1; Hosea 9:10; Isaiah 28:4; Jeremiah 24:2)

Pronunciation: bik-koo-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1063

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Isaiah 28:4 It sits at the head of a fertile valley, but its glorious beauty will fade like a flower. Whoever sees it will snatch it up, as an early fig is quickly picked and eaten.
  • Jeremiah 24:2 One basket was filled with fresh, ripe figs, while the other was filled with bad figs that were too rotten to eat.
  • Hosea 9:10 The Lord says, “O Israel, when I first found you, it was like finding fresh grapes in the desert. When I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the first ripe figs of the season. But then they deserted me for Baal-peor, giving themselves to that shameful idol. Soon they became vile, as vile as the god they worshiped.
  • Micah 7:1 How miserable I am! I feel like the fruit picker after the harvest who can find nothing to eat. Not a cluster of grapes or a single early fig can be found to satisfy my hunger.

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).