Bakar means “make firstborn” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1069 — geiton (“neighbour”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1069 בָּכַר (bakar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. bakar (baw-kar') v. 1. (properly) to burst the womb 2. (causatively) bear or make early fruit (of woman or tree) It has 3 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include thereof, fruit, firstling, lord's, and voice. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
bakar (baw-kar') v. 1. (properly) to burst the womb 2. (causatively) bear or make early fruit (of woman or tree) 3. (also, as denominative from H1061) to give the birthright [a primitive root] KJV: make firstborn, be firstling, bring forth first child (new fruit). See also: H1061
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1069. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to be/bear firstborn
Usage: 1) to be born first 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to bear early, new fruit 1a2) to give the right of the firstborn 1a2a) to make as firstborn 1a2b) to constitute as firstborn 1b) (Pual) 1b1) to be born a firstling 1b2) to be made a firstling 1c) (Hiphil) one bearing her first child
Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
3 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD's firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD's.
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, 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.
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 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.
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1069.
Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD's firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD's.
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, 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.
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 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.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1069, grouped by book.
Bakar (Strong's H1069) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "make firstborn". bakar (baw-kar') v. 1. (properly) to burst the womb 2. (causatively) bear or make early fruit (of woman or tree)
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's H1069 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1069 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as thereof, fruit, firstling, lord's, voice, and forth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
