בְּכוֹר
bᵉkôwr(bek-ore')
“firstborn; hence, chief”
116 occurrencesOld TestamentCommon word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
firstborn; hence, chief
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
first-born ; hence, chief
Translated in KJV as
eldest (son)firstborn(-ling).
Etymology
from H1069 (בָּכַר);
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“And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.”