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Herdsman

בּוֹקֵרStrong’s H0951

boqer (bo-qer)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Boqer is the Hebrew word usually translated “herdsman”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:”
Amos 7:14 KJV
Meaning
  1. Herdsman
How it's translated
  • a herdsman 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Amos 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    בּוֹקֵר boqer · herdsman

    herdsman

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.