בָּקָר baqar

Hebrew word for “cattle” · Strong’s H1241 · used 183 times in 172 verses

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Meaning

1) cattle, herd, oxen, ox; 1a) cattle (generic pl. but sing. in form-coll); 1b) herd (particular one); 1c) head of cattle (individually)

How it is translated

Glosses given for baqar in context, with how often each is used:

• cattle 90
• oxen 40
• herd 30
• herds 16
• like the ox 2
• among the cattle 1
• some of herd 1
• one of own cattle 1
• like ox 1
• bulls 1

Where it is used

Also in 12 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 7 (30), Numbers 31 (5), Numbers 15 (4), Numbers 29 (4), 1 Samuel 15 (4), 2 Chronicles 35 (4), Leviticus 1 (3), Numbers 28 (3), Deuteronomy 12 (3), 1 Kings 7 (3)

Forms

• בקר 79
• הבקר 39
• ובקר 25
• והבקר 7
• בבקר 4
• ובקרך 3
• ובקרם 3
• בקרך 3
• כבקר 3
• בקרם 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with baqar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• צֹאן tson “flock” 79
• אַיִל ayil “ram” 45
• כֶּבֶשׂ keves “lamb” 38
• פַּר par “bullock” 34
• עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 34
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 36
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 35
• אֶחָד echad “one” 30
• שֶׁלֶם shelem “peace offering” 18
• תָּמִים tamim “unblemished” 18
• זֶבַח zevach “sacrifice” 20
• עַתּוּד attud “goat” 15

Key verses

The verses using baqar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 20:24 — An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places…
• Exodus 29:1 — And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest’s office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without…
• Leviticus 1:3 — If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the…
• Leviticus 3:1 — And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the…
• Leviticus 4:3 — If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish…
• Numbers 28:11 — And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;
• Deuteronomy 12:6 — And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill…
• 2 Kings 5:26 — And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive…
• Job 1:3 — His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household;…
• Isaiah 65:25 — The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy…
• Jeremiah 31:12 — Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for…
• Habakkuk 3:17 — Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock…

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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.