Becher
בֶּ֫כֶרStrong’s H1071bekher (be-kher)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bekher is the Hebrew word usually translated “beker”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.”
Meaning
- A son of Ephraim
- A son of Benjamin
- A son of Ephraim
- A son of Benjamin
How it's translated
- and beker 2
- beker 2
- of beker 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Genesis 1
- Numbers 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 26:35These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
- 1 Chronicles 7:6The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
- 1 Chronicles 7:8And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
Hebrew dictionary
בֶּ֫כֶר bekher · Becher
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.21; son of: Benjamin (H1144); brother of: Bela (H1106A), Ashbel (H0788), Gera (H1617), Naaman (H5283), Ehi (H0278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H0714), Ahiram (H0297) and Jediael (H3043); father of: Zemirah (H2160), Joash (H3135), Eliezer (H0461I), Elioenai (H0454I), Omri (H6018H), Jeremoth (H3406H), Abijah (H0029K), Anathoth (H6068H) and Alemeth (H5964H) § Becher = "young camel" 1) a son of Ephraim 2) a son of Benjamin
בֶּ֫כֶר bekher · Becher
A man of the tribe of Ephraim living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.26.35; son of: Ephraim (H0669); brother of: Shuthelah (H7803), Tahan (H8465), Ezer (H5827), Elead (H0496) and Beriah (H1283H) Also named: bakh.ri (בַּכְרִי "Becherite" H1076) § Becher = "young camel" 1) a son of Ephraim 2) a son of Benjamin
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.