Firstborn

1. Firstborn, firstling, that which separates or first opens
2. Firstborn, firstling, that which separates or first opens

• firstborn of 11
• and firstborn of 1

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

• Exodus 6
• Numbers 3
• Ezekiel 1

3 books in all.

• Firstborn (bekhor)
• Firstborn (prōtotokos)
• Firstborn (bekhirah)
• To be/bear firstborn (bakhar)

• Exodus 13:12That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD’s.
• Exodus 13:13And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
• Exodus 13:15And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
• Exodus 34:19All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
• Exodus 34:20But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
• Numbers 3:12And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

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

How the English word “firstborn” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.