בְּכִירָהbᵉkîyrâh

first-born, always of women (Genesis 19:31; Genesis 9:33; Genesis 19:34; Genesis 19:37; Genesis 29:26)

Pronunciation: bek-ee-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1067

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 19:31 One day the older daughter said to her sister, “There are no men left anywhere in this entire area, so we can’t get married like everyone else. And our father will soon be too old to have children.
  • Genesis 19:33 So that night they got him drunk with wine, and the older daughter went in and had intercourse with her father. He was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.
  • Genesis 19:34 The next morning the older daughter said to her younger sister, “I had sex with our father last night. Let’s get him drunk with wine again tonight, and you go in and have sex with him. That way we will preserve our family line through our father.”
  • Genesis 19:37 When the older daughter gave birth to a son, she named him Moab. He became the ancestor of the nation now known as the Moabites.
  • Genesis 29:26 “It’s not our custom here to marry off a younger daughter ahead of the firstborn,” Laban replied.
  • 1 Samuel 14:49 Saul’s sons included Jonathan, Ishbosheth, and Malkishua. He also had two daughters: Merab, who was older, and Michal.

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).