Word Study · Strong's H1062 · Hebrew
בְּכוֹרָה
bekorah
bek-o-raw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: bᵉkôwrâh
“the firstling of man or beast”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture
Rendered in the KJV as
birthright, firstborn(-ling).
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- הַבְּכֹרָֽה׃ ס2
- בְּכֹרָֽה׃1
- בְּכֹרָת֖וֹ1
- בְּכֹ֣רָת֔וֹ1
- בְּכֹרָתִ֣י1
- בְּכֹֽרָתְךָ֖1
- וְהַבְּכֹרָ֖ה1
- כִּבְכֹ֣רָת֔וֹ1
- לַבְּכֹרָֽה׃1
How it is rendered · 8
- birthright his2
- the birthright2
- [is] a birthright1
- according to birthright his1
- and the birthright1
- birthright my1
- birthright your1
- to the birthright1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 2
- HTd/Ncfsa · 2
- HC/Td/Ncfsa · 1
- HNcfsa · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp2ms · 1
- HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HRd/Ncfsa · 1
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis6 occurrences
- Genesis 25:31בְּכֹֽרָתְךָ֖bekhoratekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular“First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.here: birthright your
- Genesis 25:32בְּכֹרָֽה׃bekhorahnoun · feminine singular“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”here: [is] a birthright
- Genesis 25:33בְּכֹרָת֖וֹbekhoratonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular“Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.here: birthright his
- Genesis 25:34הַבְּכֹרָֽה׃ סhabekhorahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.here: the birthright
- Genesis 27:36בְּכֹרָתִ֣יbekhoratinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularSo Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”here: birthright my
- Genesis 43:33כִּבְכֹ֣רָת֔וֹkivkhoratopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThey were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.here: according to birthright his
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 5:1בְּכֹ֣רָת֔וֹbekhoratonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThese were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright.here: birthright his
- 1 Chronicles 5:1לַבְּכֹרָֽה׃labekhorahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularThese were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright.here: to the birthright
- 1 Chronicles 5:2וְהַבְּכֹרָ֖הvehabekhorahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.here: and the birthright