The meaning of “בֹּקֶר”
Understanding bôqer reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
([phrase]) day, early, morning, morrow. - properly, dawn (as the break of day) - generally, morning 1) morning, break of...
בֹּקֶר
([phrase]) day, early, morning, morrow. - properly, dawn (as the break of day) - generally, morning 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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 22:3 | “And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.” Word: בֹּקֶר (bôqer) | |
| Joshua 7:14 | “In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come by households; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man.” Word: בֹּקֶר (bôqer) | |
| 1 Kings 17:6 | “And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.” Word: בֹּקֶר (bôqer) | |
| Esther 5:14 | “Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made. ” Word: בֹּקֶר (bôqer) | |
| Isaiah 28:19 | “From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.” Word: בֹּקֶר (bôqer) |
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