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Strong's #1242 - בֹּקֶר

Transliteration

bôqer

Phonetics

bo'-ker

Origin

from (H1239)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

274c

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

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 (figuratively)

1b) morrow, next day, next morning

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4404 ‑ πρωΐ (pro‑ee'); 2250 ‑ ἡμέρα (hay‑mer'‑ah); 3722 ‑ ὄρθρος (or'‑thros); 4404 ‑ πρωΐ (pro‑ee'); 4407 ‑ πρωϊνός (pro‑ee‑nos'); 5338 ‑ φέγγος (feng'‑gos);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (200)

Genesis 19

Exodus 33

Leviticus 8

Numbers 12

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 5

Judges 10

Ruth 4

1 Samuel 18

2 Samuel 8

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 7

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 4

Ezra 1

Esther 2

Job 7

Psalms 18

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 9

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 7

Daniel 2

Hosea 3

Amos 2

Micah 1

Zephaniah 2

NAS (213)

Genesis 19

Exodus 35

Leviticus 9

Numbers 13

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 5

Judges 10

Ruth 4

1 Samuel 18

2 Samuel 8

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 7

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 5

Ezra 1

Esther 2

Job 7

Psalms 18

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 11

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 10

Daniel 2

Hosea 3

Amos 2

Micah 1

Zephaniah 3

HCS (213)

Genesis 19

Exodus 36

Leviticus 9

Numbers 12

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 5

Judges 10

Ruth 4

1 Samuel 17

2 Samuel 9

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 7

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 5

Ezra 1

Esther 2

Job 7

Psalms 18

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 11

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 10

Daniel 2

Hosea 3

Amos 2

Micah 1

Zephaniah 3

BSB (221)

Genesis 26

Exodus 36

Leviticus 9

Numbers 12

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 5

Judges 10

Ruth 4

1 Samuel 18

2 Samuel 9

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 7

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 5

Ezra 1

Esther 2

Job 7

Psalms 18

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 11

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 10

Daniel 2

Hosea 3

Amos 2

Micah 1

Zephaniah 3

ESV (461)

Genesis 19

Exodus 240

Leviticus 8

Numbers 12

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 5

Judges 10

Ruth 4

1 Samuel 17

2 Samuel 8

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 7

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 5

Ezra 1

Esther 2

Job 7

Psalms 18

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 48

Isaiah 11

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 10

Daniel 2

Hosea 3

Amos 2

Micah 1

Zephaniah 3

WEB (204)

Genesis 19

Exodus 33

Leviticus 8

Numbers 12

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 5

Judges 10

Ruth 4

1 Samuel 18

2 Samuel 9

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 6

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 4

Ezra 1

Esther 2

Job 7

Psalms 19

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 11

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 9

Daniel 1

Hosea 3

Amos 2

Micah 1

Zephaniah 3

KJV (200)

day 2

days 1

early 3

every 2

morning 185

morrow 7

NAS (213)

Every 2

Morning 1

Tomorrow 1

dawn 1

day 1

daybreak 1

every 3

morning 200

mornings 2

soon 1

HCS (213)

dawn 1

morning 2

* 41

At daybreak 1

At morning 1

By morning 1

Morning 1

Tomorrow morning 1

and mornings 1

at daybreak 1

dawn 1

early 1

early morning 1

in the morning 2

it were morning 1

morning 131

mornings 1

next morning 14

one in the morning 1

regular morning 1

the morning 8

BSB (221)

* 11

And in the morning 1

And the next morning 1

At daybreak 1

At morning 1

By morning 1

Each morning 1

Early in the morning 3

Early the next morning 6

Every morning 3

In the morning 8

Morning 2

The next morning 7

Tomorrow morning 1

When morning 1

[both] the morning 1

after morning 3

and [there was] morning 2

and during the morning 1

and in the morning 6

and mornings 1

and on that morning 1

and the mornings 1

as in the morning 2

at daybreak 1

by morning 2

dawn 1

every morning 10

for the morning 3

for the regular morning 1

from dawn 1

from morning 1

from that morning 1

in the morning 38

into dawn 1

is like a morning 1

it were morning 1

like the morning 2

me in the morning 1

morning 47

of it in the morning 1

of the morning 2

the morning 8

the morning's 1

the next morning 10

them in the morning 1

until morning 3

us in the morning 1

when morning 2

while the morning 1

{Early} the next morning 1

ESV (461)

Morning 2

every 3

morning 454

mornings 2

WEB (204)

* 5

As soon as the morning 1

Before the morning 1

Between morning 1

By the morning 1

Every 1

For the morning 1

In the morning 11

It happened in the morning 9

Morning 1

The morning 1

Therefore they will be like the morning 1

Wait until morning 1

When the morning 1

a morning 1

all night until the morning 2

among them until the morning 1

and in the morning 5

and it shall be in the morning 1

and mornings 1

and on the next day 1

and there was morning 6

and when it was morning 1

any of it until the morning 1

around you from morning 1

at it in the morning 1

by morning 5

by the morning 2

comes in the morning 1

dawn 2

every morning 7

for the morning 2

from day 1

from morning 1

from the morning 3

him every morning 1

him in the morning 1

in the morning 54

into the morning 1

is like a morning 1

it morning by morning 1

it shall be as the morning 1

long for the morning 1

morning 9

morning by morning 2

none of it until the morning 2

of it in the morning 1

of it until the morning 3

of the day 1

of the morning 5

of yourself in the morning 1

on it every morning 1

over them in the morning 1

spices on it every morning 1

surely then in the morning 1

the morning 4

to day 1

to me in the morning 1

to morning 2

to the morning 2

until morning 3

until the morning 13

until the next day 1

us in the morning 1

when it was morning 1

when the morning 2

with it morning 1

with you all night until the morning 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2035) r q b (בקר BQR) AC: Plow CO: Cattle AB: ?: The breaking open of the ground with a plow pulled by oxen. [from: rp- as a breaking] (eng: buckaroo - from the Spanish vaquero)

N^m ) r q b (בקר BQR) - Cattle: Strong beasts used to break the soil with plows. KJV (182): ox, herd, beeves, young, bullock - Strongs: H1241 (בָּקָר)

g^m) r q f b (בוקר BWQR) - I. Herdsman:One who works with cattle. II. Morning:The breaking of daylight. KJV (205): herdsman, morning, morrow, day, early - Strongs: H951 (בּוֹקֵר), H1242 (בֹּקֶר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

בֹּ֫קֶר₂₁₄ noun masculine^{Exodus 10:13} morning (Late Hebrew id.; from split, penetrate, as the dawn the darkness, light through cloud-rifts, etc.) — ׳ב Genesis 1:5 + (always absolute); plural בְּקָרִים Job 7:18 4t.; —

1 morning (of point of time, time at which, never during which, English morning = forenoon): —

a. of end of night (opposed to לַיְלָה) Exodus 10:13 (J) Leviticus 6:2 (P) Judges 19:25; Ruth 3:13 (twice in verse); Isaiah 21:12 compare 1 Samuel 19:11 ("" מחר, opposed to לילה); opposed to לֵילוֺת Psalm 92:3; also (opposed to לוּן) Exodus 23:18; Exodus 34:25 (both J E) Leviticus 19:13 (H) Deuteronomy 16:4; opposed to צלמות Amos 5:8; compare further Genesis 40:6; Genesis 41:8 (both E) Exodus 12:22; Exodus 34:2 (twice in verse) (both J E) 1 Samuel 3:15 +,

b. implying the coming of dawn, and even daylight Genesis 29:25 (E) Genesis 44:3 (J) 1 Kings 3:21 (but Klo here for 2nd בַּבֹּקֶר, reads לְבַקֵּר by looking at it see בָּקַר) Job 24:17; Job 38:12 ("" שַׁחַר); ׳לִפְנוֺת הַבּ Exodus 14:27 (JE) at the turn of the morning, so Judges 19:26 ("" בַּעֲלוֺת הַשָּׁ֑חַר Judges 19:25; followed by עַדהָֿאוֺר, as something later, Judges 19:26); see Ruth 3:14 ("" בטרו֯ם יכיר אישׁ את רעהו before men could recognise each other); compare כּוֺכְבֵי בֹקֶר Job 38:7 stars of morning; but also with אוֺר verb Genesis 44:3 (J) הבקר אור; with אור noun, באור הבקר Micah 2:1; & especially עד אור הבקר Judges 16:2 (opposed to לילה) Song of Solomon 1Samuel 14:36; also 1 Samuel 25:22,34,36; 2 Samuel 17:22; 2 Kings 7:9; compare 1 Samuel 29:10 ("" וְאוֺר לָכֶם).

c. of coming of sunrise Judges 9:33; 2 Samuel 23:4 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 3:22 compare וערב׳מוֺצָּאֵי ב Psalm 65:9i.e. places of sunrise and sunset ("" קְצוֺת i.e. ends of earth).

d. of beginning of day, וְעַדעַֿתָּה׳מֵאָז הַבּ Ruth 2:7 (compare Ruth 2:14) see 2 Samuel 24:15 (but strike out We Dr); time of prayer, & praise Psalm 5:4 (twice in verse) (see Hu) Psalm 59:17; Psalm 88:14; Psalm 92:3; "" צהרים noon 1 Kings 18:26; Jeremiah 20:16; of three hours of prayer, ערב ובקר וצהרים Psalm 55:18 (compare Daniel 6:10; Daniel 6:13); compare also with עֶרֶב below

e. opposed to עֶרֶב Genesis 49:27 (poem in J) Exodus 16:7,8,12,13; Leviticus 6:13; Numbers 9:21 (all P) Deuteronomy 28:67 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 11:14; 1 Kings 17:6; Isaiah 17:14; Zephaniah 3:3; Ezekiel 24:18 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 33:22; Daniel 8:26; Psalm 30:6; Psalm 90:5; Psalm 90:6; Ecclesiastes 11:6; 1 Chronicles 16:40; 2 Chronicles 2:3; 2 Chronicles 13:11; 31:3; Ezra 3:3; Esther 2:14; opposed to בֵּין הערבים Exodus 29:39,41; Numbers 28:4,8 (all P); especially מןהֿבקר עדהֿערב = all day Exodus 18:13 & (without article) Exodus 18:14 (both E); מבקר לָעֶרֶב Job 4:20 = between morning and evening; also מֵעֶרֶב עַדבֹּֿקֶר = all night, Exodus 27:21 (P) Leviticus 24:3 (H) Numbers 9:21 & ׳בָּעֶרֶב עַדבּֿ Numbers 9:15 (both P); note also the formula וַיְהִי ערב ויהי בקר and evening came and then morning Genesis 1:5,8,13,19,23,31 (all P), i.e. the day ended with evening, and the night with morning; peculiar is Daniel 8:14 of omission of daily sacrifice עַד עֶרֶב בֹּקֶר אַלְמַּיִם וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת, until2300 evening-mornings, probably = 2300 half-days (Ew Hi Meinh Bev Dr^{Intr. 464}, compare Daniel 8:26 & 3 2-Jantimes (years) Daniel 7:25; Daniel 12:11; Daniel 12:17).

f. often (above & elsewhere) with preposition (+ article except Job 7:18); in the morning, בַּבֹּקֶר Genesis 19:27 110t., compare also ׳בִּהְיֹת הַבּ Exodus 19:16; in (or at) the morning, ׳לַבּ Amos 4:4 7t.; for ( against or by) the morning, ׳לַבּ Exodus 34:2 compare Psalm 130:6 (compare Che^{critical note}); nearly = until (עַדֿ) Exodus 34:25; Deuteronomy 16:4; Zephaniah 3:3; further ׳בַּבּ׳בַּבּ morning by morning, every morning Exodus 16:21; Exodus 30:7; Exodus 36:3; Leviticus 6:5 (all P) 2 Samuel 13:4; 1 Chronicles 23:30; 2 Chronicles 13:11; Isaiah 28:19; Isaiah 50:4; Ezekiel 46:13,14,15; Zephaniah 3:5 also ׳לַבּ׳לַבּ, same sense, 1 Chronicles 9:27; plural לַבְּקָרִים every morning afresh Psalm 73:14; Isaiah 33:2 compare Lamentations 3:23; almost = continually Psalm 101:8 (compare Jeremiah 21:12); see לִבְקָרִים Job 7:18 ("" לִרְגָעִים every moment); also without preposition or article in the morning Hosea 7:6 compare Psalm 5:4 (twice in verse); Psalm 55:18, d. above, & below

2. g. figurative of bright joy after night of distress (poetry) Job 11:17; compare Psalm 30:6; Psalm 46:6 (׳לִפְנוֺת בּ) Psalm 49:15; Psalm 59:17; Psalm 90:14; Psalm 143:8.

h. in phrases, ׳הִשְׁכִּים בַּבּ (וַיַּשְׁכֵּם etc.) he rose early in the morning Genesis 19:27; Genesis 20:8; Genesis 21:14; Genesis 22:3; Genesis 26:31; Genesis 28:18; Genesis 32:1; Exodus 8:16; Exodus 9:13; Exodus 24:4; Exodus 34:4; Numbers 14:40; Joshua 3:1; Joshua 6:12; Joshua 7:16; Joshua 8:10 (all J E) Judges 6:28; Judges 19:5,8; 1 Samuel 1:19; 1 Samuel 5:4; compare 1 Samuel 15:12; 1 Samuel 17:20; 1 Samuel 29:10 (twice in verse) compare 1 Samuel 29:11,2Kings 3:22; 2 Kings 19:35 = Isaiah 37:36; 2 Chronicles 20:20; Job 1:5; Proverbs 27:14; Isaiah 5:11; (ויקומו etc.) ויקם׳בַּבּ Genesis 24:54; Numbers 22:13,21 (all J E) Judges 19:27; Judges 20:19; 2 Samuel 24:11; 1 Kings 3:21; ׳אַשְׁמֹרֶת הַבּ morning watch Exodus 14:24; 1 Samuel 11:11.

2 morrow, next day (compare German Morgen, morgen) without article Exodus 16:19,20; Leviticus 7:15; Leviticus 22:30 (opposed to הַיּוֺם הַהוּא) Numbers 16:5 ("" מָחָר Numbers 16:7; Numbers 16:16) compare Exodus 12:10 (twice in verse); Numbers 9:12; with article Exodus 16:23,24; Exodus 29:34; ׳לַבּ Exodus 34:25; Numbers 22:41; Zephaniah 3:3; ׳בַּבּ 1 Samuel 9:19 (opposed to הַיּוֺם to-day) compare 1 Samuel 20:35; to-morrow morning ׳הַבּ Judges 6:31 (Stu); ׳בַּבּ Exodus 7:15; Joshua 7:14; Esther 5:14; definitely מִמָּֽחֳרָת׳בַּבּ 1 Samuel 5:4; ׳מֵהַבּ 2 Samuel 2:27; adverb. use in this sense (without preposition or article) Exodus 16:7; Numbers 16:5.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

בֹּקֶר pl. בְּקָרִים.

(1) morning, daybreak, dawn [“and even before light, Ruth 3:14 ”], so called from the breaking forth of light; see the root No. 2. (Arab. بَكَرُ, بُكْرَةُ id.; compare the root בָּכַר No. 1 ). אוֹר בֹּקֶר morning light, 2 Samuel 23:4. In acc. adv. in the morning (like the Arab. بَكَرًا), Psalms 5:4 more often בַּבֹּקֶר in the morning, Genesis 19:27 and poetically לַבֹּקֶר Psalms 30:6, 59:17, which is elsewhere עַד בֹּקֶר Deuteronomy 16:4; Psalms 130:6. Distributively בַּבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶר Exodus 16:21, 30:7 36:3 Leviticus 6:5 לַבֹּקֶר לַבֹּקֶר 1 Chronicles 9:27 לַבְּקָרִים Psalms 73:14, 101:8 Isaiah 33:2; Lamentations 3:23 לִבְקָרִים Job 7:18, every morning; metaph. in the morning, i.e. dawn of prosperity, Job 11:17.

(2) Specially the next morning, Exodus 29:34; Leviticus 19:13, 22:30 Numbers 9:12; Judges 6:31, אֲשֶׁר יָרִיב לוֹ יוּמַת עַד־הַבֹּקֶר “whoever will plead for him, let him be put to death before to-morrow morning” (Vulg. “antequam lux crastinaveniat;” LXX. ἕως πρωΐ). Hence to-morrow, i.q. מָחָר (compare the word אֶמֶשׁ); and adv. to-morrow, Exodus 16:7; Numbers 16:5 (comp. verse 16 Numbers 16:16), i.q. בַּבֹּקֶר 1 Samuel 19:2 used for presently, Psalms 5:4 (in the former hemistich); 90:14 143:8 לַבֹּקֶר id., Psalms 49:15.

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List of Word Forms

בַּ֝בֹּ֗קֶר בַּ֭בֹּקֶר בַּבֹּ֑קֶר בַּבֹּ֔קֶר בַּבֹּ֖קֶר בַּבֹּ֗קֶר בַּבֹּ֙קֶר֙ בַּבֹּ֛קֶר בַּבֹּ֜קֶר בַּבֹּ֡קֶר בַּבֹּ֣קֶר בַּבֹּ֤קֶר בַּבֹּ֥קֶר בַּבֹּ֨קֶר בַּבֹּֽקֶר־ בַּבֹּֽקֶר׃ בַּבֹּקֶר֮ בַבֹּ֑קֶר בַבֹּ֔קֶר בַבֹּ֖קֶר בַבֹּ֗קֶר בַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ בַבֹּ֣קֶר בַבֹּ֧קֶר בַבֹּ֨קֶר ׀ בַבֹּקֶר֮ בֹ֑קֶר בֹ֖קֶר בֹּ֑קֶר בֹּ֔קֶר בֹּ֕קֶר בֹּ֖קֶר בֹּ֙קֶר֙ בֹּ֚קֶר בֹּ֛קֶר בֹּ֠קֶר בֹּ֣קֶר בֹּ֥קֶר בֹּ֭קֶר בֹּֽקֶר׃ בבקר בבקר־ בבקר׃ בקר בקר׃ הַבֹּ֑קֶר הַבֹּ֔קֶר הַבֹּ֖קֶר הַבֹּ֗קֶר הַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ הַבֹּ֣קֶר הַבֹּ֤קֶר הַבֹּֽקֶר׃ הַבֹּקֶר֩ הבקר הבקר׃ וְהַבֹּ֛קֶר וְלַבֹּ֥קֶר וָבֹ֣קֶר וּ֝בַבֹּ֗קֶר וּ֠בַבֹּקֶר וּבַבֹּ֖קֶר וּבַבֹּ֗קֶר וּבַבֹּ֣קֶר ׀ וּבֹ֗קֶר ובבקר ובקר והבקר ולבקר כַּבֹּ֥קֶר כבקר לִבְקָרִ֑ים לַ֝בֹּ֗קֶר לַבְּקָרִ֔ים לַבְּקָרִ֗ים לַבְּקָרִֽים׃ לַבֹּ֑קֶר לַבֹּ֔קֶר לַבֹּ֗קֶר לַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ לַבֹּ֣קֶר לַבֹּ֥קֶר לַבֹּֽקֶר׃ לבקר לבקר׃ לבקרים לבקרים׃ מִבֹּ֣קֶר מֵֽהַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ מֵהַבֹּ֖קֶר מֵהַבֹּ֨קֶר מבקר מהבקר bab·bō·qer ḇab·bō·qer bab·bō·qer- babBoker babbōqer ḇabbōqer babbōqer- bō·qer ḇō·qer Boker bōqer ḇōqer hab·bō·qer habBoker habbōqer kab·bō·qer kabBoker kabbōqer lab·bə·qā·rîm lab·bō·qer labbekaRim labbəqārîm labBoker labbōqer liḇ·qā·rîm liḇqārîm livkaRim mê·hab·bō·qer mehabBoker mêhabbōqer mib·bō·qer mibBoker mibbōqer ū·ḇab·bō·qer ū·ḇō·qer ūḇabbōqer ūḇōqer uvabBoker uVoker vabBoker vaVoker vehabBoker velabBoker Voker wā·ḇō·qer wāḇōqer wə·hab·bō·qer wə·lab·bō·qer wəhabbōqer wəlabbōqer