בִּכּוּרִים bikkur
Hebrew word for “firstfruit” · Strong’s H1061 · used 17 times in 15 verses
Meaning
1) first-fruits; 1a) the first of the crops and fruit that ripened, was gathered, and offered to God according to the ritual of Pentecost;
How it is translated
Glosses given for bikkur in context, with how often each is used:
- first-fruits 17
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Leviticus | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Numbers | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Nehemiah | 3 | 0.6 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Nahum | 1 | 1.8 |
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 23 (2), Exodus 34 (2), Leviticus 23 (2), Leviticus 2 (1), Numbers 13 (1), Numbers 18 (1), Numbers 28 (1), 2 Kings 4 (1), Nehemiah 10 (1), Nehemiah 13 (1)
Forms
- בכורי 8
- בכורים 4
- הבכורים 2
- בכוריך 1
- ובכורי 1
- ולבכורים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with bikkur more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אָסִיף asiph “ingathering” 2
- רֵאשִׁית reshit “first” 3
- כַּרְמֶל karmel “plantation” 2
- גְּדִי gedi “kid” 2
- שָׁבוּעַ shavua “week” 2
- אֲדָמָה adamah “land” 3
- בָּשַׁל bashal “to boil” 2
- תְּנוּפָה tenuphah “wave offering” 2
- לֶחֶם lechem “food” 3
- עֵץ ets “tree” 3
- חָלָב chalav “milk” 2
- קָצִיר qatsir “harvest” 2
Key verses
The verses using bikkur that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 23:16 — And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year,…
- Exodus 23:19 — The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
- Exodus 34:22 — And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.
- Exodus 34:26 — The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
- Leviticus 2:14 — And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the…
- Leviticus 23:17 — Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the…
- Numbers 13:20 — And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the…
- Numbers 28:26 — Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no…
- 2 Kings 4:42 — And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk…
- Nehemiah 10:35 — And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:
- Nehemiah 13:31 — And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
- Ezekiel 44:30 — And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest’s: ye shall also give unto…
See all 15 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.