Lexical Definition

‎בְּכוֹר‎ bᵉkôwr (bek-ore') firstborn ^H:N-M
from ‎בָּכַר‎

eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).

• firstborn
• hence, chief

1) firstborn, firstling
1a) of men and women
1b) of animals
1c) noun of relation (fig.)

See Greek: παιδίον · πρωτότοκος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בְּכוֺר‎₁₂₂ noun masculine first-born — Gen 35:23 + 78 t.; ‎בְּכֹר‎ Gen 25:13 + 14 t.; suffix ‎בְּכֹּרִי‎ Gen 49:3 + 14 t.; ‎בְּכוֺרוֺ‎ Gen 38:6 + 3 t.; plural construct ‎בְּכוֺרֵי‎ Neh 10:37* + 2 t.; ‎בְּכוֺרֵיהֶם‎ Ps 136:10 plural feminine ‎בְּכֹרוֺת‎ Gen 4:4; Neh 10:37* ‎בְּכֹרֹת‎ Deut 12:6; Deut 12:17; Deut 14:23 —

1. men and women:
a. individuals Gen 25:13 + 69 t.
b. collective Num 3:46; Num 3:50; Num 8:16; Num 18:15.
c. plural Neh 10:37*; Ps 135:8; Ps 136:10.
d. ‎כל בכור‎ Exod 11:5; Exod 12:12; Exod 12:29; Exod 13:2; Exod 13:13; Exod 13:15 (twice in verse); Exod 22:28*; Exod 34:2; Num 3:12 (3 t. in verse); Num 3:13; Num 3:40; Num 3:42; Num 3:43; Num 3:45; Num 8:17 (twice in verse); Num 8:18; Num 33:4; Ps 78:51; Ps 105:36.

2. animals:
a. individuals Lev 27:26; Num 18:17; Deut 15:19 (twice in verse); Deut 33:17.
b. collective ‎בכור בהמה‎ Exod 11:5; Exod 12:29; Exod 13:15; Num 3:41; Num 18:15 ‎כל הבכור‎ Deut 15:19.
c. plural ‎בכרות‎ Gen 4:4; Deut 12:6; Deut 12:17; Deut 14:23; Neh 10:37*.

3. figurative, noun of relation ‎בכור מות‎ first-born of death Job 18:13 (deadly disease); ‎בְּכוֺרֵי דַלִּים‎ first-born of the poor (the poorest) Isa 14:30 Israel is the first-born of Yahweh among the nations Exod 4:22 compare Jer 31:9 and the seed of David among dynasties Ps 89:28*.

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