בֹּקֶרbôqer

morning

Pronunciation: bo'-ker · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1242

Meanings

1. morning

b. by looking at, at the turn of the morning (Genesis 29:25; Genesis 44:3; 1 Kings 3:21)

c. ends (Judges 9:33; 2 Samuel 23:4; 2 Kings 3:22)

d. noon (Ruth 2:7; Ruth 2:14; 2 Samuel 24:15)

e. all day, all night (Genesis 49:27; Exodus 16:7; Exodus 16:8)

f. in the morning (Job 7:18; Genesis 19:27; Exodus 19:16)

h. he rose early in the morning, morning watch (Genesis 19:27; Genesis 20:8; Genesis 21:14)

2. morrow, next day (Exodus 16:19; Exodus 16:20; Leviticus 7:15)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 214 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 1:5 God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.
  • Genesis 1:8 God called the space “sky.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.
  • Genesis 1:13 And evening passed and morning came, marking the third day.
  • Genesis 1:19 And evening passed and morning came, marking the fourth day.
  • Genesis 1:23 And evening passed and morning came, marking the fifth day.
  • Genesis 1:31 Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day.
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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).