Word Study · Strong's H1067 · Hebrew
בְּכִירָה
bekirah
bek-ee-raw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: bᵉkîyrâh
“the eldest daughter”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the eldest daughter
Rendered in the KJV as
firstborn.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- הַבְּכִירָה֙4
- הַבְּכִירָ֛ה1
- הַבְּכִירָֽה׃1
How it is rendered · 1
- the firstborn6
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular6
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- HTd/Ncfsa · 6
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Where this word lives
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Genesis5 occurrences
- Genesis 19:31הַבְּכִירָ֛הhabekhirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularOne day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.here: the firstborn
- Genesis 19:33הַבְּכִירָה֙habekhirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularSo that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.here: the firstborn
- Genesis 19:34הַבְּכִירָה֙habekhirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThe next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”here: the firstborn
- Genesis 19:37הַבְּכִירָה֙habekhirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThe older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.here: the firstborn
- Genesis 29:26הַבְּכִירָֽה׃habekhirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularLaban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.here: the firstborn