בְּכוֹר
bĕkôr
first-born
Strong's H1060NounHebrewTWOT 244aFamily

בְּכוֹר (bĕkôr) is a Hebrew noun meaning first-born. It appears 118 times in 20 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1060).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 244a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 244a)first-born; men and women; animals; figurative; chief; eldest, firstborn
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

בְּכוֹר noun, masculine: first-born

Strong's H1060 בְּכוֹר: first-born; hence, chief
KJV:eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 244: בָּכַר bākar — bear early, new fruit, make, constitute as first-born; born, made a firstling; give the birthright; make firstborn, be firstling, bring forth first child

See it in Scripture

Genesis 10:15Exodus 4:22Leviticus 27:26

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