Bᵉkôwrâh — H1062

Definition

feminine noun

the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture

1. birthright, primogeniture, right of the first-born

Usually translated as

birthright, firstborn, firstling

Origin

or (short) bᵉkôrâh; feminine of H1060

• Bᵉkôwr (H1060)

Greek equivalents

• eulogía (G2129)
• prōtotókia (G4415)

Occurrences

Bᵉkôwrâh occurs 15 times in 14 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (7), Deuteronomy (4), 1 Chronicles (2), Nehemiah (1)

• Genesis 4:4 — And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
• Genesis 25:31 — And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright (בְּכֹֽרָתְךָ֖).
• Genesis 25:32 — And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright (בְּכֹרָֽה) do to me?
• Genesis 25:33 — And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright (בְּכֹרָת֖וֹ) unto Jacob.
• Genesis 25:34 — Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright (הַבְּכֹרָֽה).
• Genesis 27:36 — And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright (בְּכֹרָתִ֣י); and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
• Genesis 43:33 — And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright (כִּבְכֹ֣רָת֔וֹ), and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
• Deuteronomy 12:6 — And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
• Deuteronomy 12:17 — Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:
• Deuteronomy 14:23 — And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
• Deuteronomy 21:17 — But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn (הַבְּכֹרָֽה) is his.
• 1 Chronicles 5:1 — Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright (בְּכֹ֣רָת֔וֹ) was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
• 1 Chronicles 5:1 — Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright (לַבְּכֹרָֽה).
• 1 Chronicles 5:2 — For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright (וְהַבְּכֹרָ֖ה) was Joseph’s:)
• Nehemiah 10:36 — Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God: