Bâkar — H1069

Definition

verb

to give the birthright

1. to be born first
1. (Piel)
1. to bear early, new fruit
2. to give the right of the firstborn
1. to make as firstborn
2. to constitute as firstborn
2. (Pual)
1. to be born a firstling
2. to be made a firstling
3. (Hiphil) one bearing her first child

Usually translated as

make firstborn, be firstling, bring forth first child

Origin

a primitive root; properly, to burst the womb, i.e. (causatively) bear or make early fruit (of woman or tree); also (as denominative from H1061)

• Derived from Bikkûwr (H1061)

Greek equivalents

• gínomai (G1096)

Occurrences

Bâkar occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (1), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1)

• Leviticus 27:26 — Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD’s firstling (יְבֻכַּ֤ר), no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD’s.
• Deuteronomy 21:16 — Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make (לְבַכֵּר֙) the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
• Deuteronomy 21:16 — Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn (לְבַכֵּר֙) before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
• Jeremiah 4:31 — For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child (כְּמַבְכִּירָ֔ה), the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
• Ezekiel 47:12 — And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit (יְבַכֵּ֔ר) according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.