HebrewH1242Noun (Masculine)

בֹּ֫קֶר

bo.qer

174Occurrences
H1242Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

from H1239 (בָּקַר);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. morning, break of day 1a) morning 1a1) of end of night 1a2) of coming of daylight 1a3) of coming of sunrise 1a4) of beginning of day 1a5) of bright joy after night of distress (fig.) 1b) morrow, next day, next morning

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

בֹּ֫קֶר appears 174 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Exodus
30
Genesis
18
1 Samuel
17
Numbers
11
Judges
10
Isaiah
9
2 Kings
7
2 Samuel
7

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 16:40BSB

to regularly present burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offerings, morning and evening, according to all that was written in the Law of the LORD, which He had commanded Israel to keep.

2 Samuel 13:4BSB

so he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?”Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

Exodus 23:18BSB

You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.

Genesis 40:6BSB

When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.

Job 7:18BSB

that You attend to him every morning,and test him every moment?

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.