Strong's Hebrew · H1242

בֹּקֶר

bôqer · bo'-ker

([phrase]) day, early, morning, morrow.

Definition

properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

Derivation

from H1239 (בָּקַר);

Appears 214 times in Scripture

Genesis 1:5

God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

Genesis 1:19

And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

Genesis 19:27

Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

Genesis 1:8

God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

Genesis 20:8

Early the next morning Abimelech got up and summoned all his servants; and when he described to them all that had happened, the men were terrified.

Genesis 1:31

And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Genesis 1:13

And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

Genesis 22:3

So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.

Genesis 21:14

Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 1:23

And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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