בְּכֹרָה
bĕkōrâ
right of first-born
Strong's H1062NounHebrewTWOT 244c

בְּכֹרָה (bĕkōrâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning right of first-born. It appears 14 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1062).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 244c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 244c)right of first-born; firstling, primogeniture; birthright, firstborn
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

בְּכֹרָה noun, feminine: right of first-born

Strong's H1062 בְּכוֹרָה: the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture
KJV:birthright, 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 4:4Deuteronomy 14:23

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