Hebrew word study

בְּכוֹרbᵉkôwr — firstborn

Pronounced “bek-ore'”

firstborn; hence, chief

Translated in the King James as: eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).

Appears 121 times in Scripture

Origin: from H1069 (בָּכַר);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 16×
Genesis 4:4Genesis 10:15Genesis 22:21Genesis 25:13Genesis 27:19Genesis 27:32Genesis 35:23Genesis 36:15Genesis 38:6Genesis 38:7Genesis 41:51Genesis 43:33Genesis 46:8Genesis 48:14Genesis 48:18Genesis 49:3
Exodus — 19×
Exodus 4:22Exodus 4:23Exodus 6:14Exodus 11:5Exodus 12:12Exodus 12:29Exodus 13:2Exodus 13:13Exodus 13:15Exodus 22:29Exodus 34:20+ 8 more in Exodus
Leviticus — 1×
Leviticus 27:26
Numbers — 25×
Numbers 1:20Numbers 3:2Numbers 3:12Numbers 3:13Numbers 3:40Numbers 3:41Numbers 3:42Numbers 3:43Numbers 3:45Numbers 3:46Numbers 3:50Numbers 8:16Numbers 8:17Numbers 8:18Numbers 18:15Numbers 18:17Numbers 26:5Numbers 33:4+ 7 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy — 11×
Deuteronomy 12:6Deuteronomy 12:17Deuteronomy 14:23Deuteronomy 15:19Deuteronomy 21:15Deuteronomy 21:16Deuteronomy 21:17Deuteronomy 25:6Deuteronomy 33:17+ 2 more in Deuteronomy
Joshua — 3×
Joshua 6:26Joshua 17:1+ 1 more in Joshua
Judges — 1×
Judges 8:20
1 Samuel — 2×
1 Sam 8:21 Sam 17:13
2 Samuel — 1×
2 Sam 3:2
1 Kings — 1×
1 Ki 16:34
2 Kings — 1×
2 Ki 3:27
1 Chronicles — 25×
1 Chr 1:131 Chr 1:291 Chr 2:31 Chr 2:131 Chr 2:251 Chr 2:271 Chr 2:421 Chr 2:501 Chr 3:11 Chr 3:151 Chr 4:41 Chr 5:11 Chr 5:31 Chr 6:281 Chr 8:11 Chr 8:301 Chr 8:391 Chr 9:51 Chr 9:311 Chr 9:361 Chr 26:21 Chr 26:41 Chr 26:10+ 2 more in 1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles — 1×
2 Chr 21:3
Nehemiah — 2×
Nehemiah 10:36+ 1 more in Nehemiah
Job — 3×
Job 1:13Job 1:18Job 18:13
Psalms — 5×
Psalms 78:51Psalms 89:27Psalms 105:36Psalms 135:8Psalms 136:10
Isaiah — 1×
Isaiah 14:30
Jeremiah — 1×
Jeremiah 31:9
Micah — 1×
Micah 6:7
Zechariah — 1×
Zech 12:10

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