בֶכֶרBeker
proper name, masculine: young camel, bakru
Pronunciation: beh'-ker · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1071
Meanings
1. son of Ephraim (Numbers 26:35; 1 Chronicles 7:20)
2. son of Benjamin (Genesis 46:21; 1 Chronicles 7:6; 1 Chronicles 7:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 46:21 Benjamin’s sons were Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
- Numbers 26:35 These were the clans descended from the sons of Ephraim: The Shuthelahite clan, named after their ancestor Shuthelah. The Bekerite clan, named after their ancestor Beker. The Tahanite clan, named after their ancestor Tahan.
- 1 Chronicles 7:6 Three of Benjamin’s sons were Bela, Beker, and Jediael.
- 1 Chronicles 7:8 The sons of Beker were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth.
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).