Hebrew · H1242

בֹּקֶר

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

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בֹּקֶר H1242

Pronunciation bōqer

What does בֹּקֶר (bōqer) mean in the Bible?

בֹּקֶר (bōqer): Dawn as the temporal marker of God's renewal and covenant faithfulness, morning as daily mercies

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What does בֹּקֶר (bōqer) mean in the Bible?

בֹּקֶר (bōqer): Dawn as the temporal marker of God's renewal and covenant faithfulness, morning as daily mercies

How does the BSB render H1242?

The BSB source-word alignment has 214 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include in the morning (48), morning (46), . . . (19), the next morning (17), Every morning (14).

Where does בֹּקֶר (bōqer) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 1:5. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (36), Genesis (19), 1 Samuel (18), Psalms (18).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It

in the morning 48× Genesis 40:6, Genesis 41:8, Genesis 49:27, Exodus 7:15

morning 46× Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:19

. . . 19× Exodus 14:27, Exodus 16:21, Exodus 30:7, Leviticus 6:12

the next morning 17× Genesis 22:3, Genesis 24:54, Genesis 26:31, Genesis 28:18

Every morning 14× Exodus 16:21, Exodus 30:7, Leviticus 6:12, 1 Chronicles 9:27

and in the morning 7× Exodus 16:7, Exodus 16:12, Exodus 16:13, Deuteronomy 16:7

the morning 7× Exodus 12:10, Exodus 29:34, 1 Samuel 3:15, 2 Kings 16:15

Early the next morning 5× Genesis 19:27, Genesis 20:8, Genesis 31:55, Numbers 14:40

- 3× Exodus 34:2, Judges 19:25, 1 Kings 3:21

after morning 3× Exodus 36:3, 2 Samuel 13:4, Isaiah 28:19

By morning 3× Exodus 10:13, Isaiah 50:4, Zephaniah 3:5

Early in the morning 3× Genesis 21:14, 1 Samuel 15:12, 2 Chronicles 20:20

for the morning 3× Psalms 130:6, Zephaniah 3:3

until morning 3× Exodus 34:25, Deuteronomy 16:4, 2 Samuel 2:27

When morning 3× Genesis 29:25, Exodus 19:16, Psalms 46:5

as in the morning 2× Exodus 29:41, Numbers 28:8

At daybreak 2× Genesis 44:3, Psalms 5:3

like the morning 2× Job 11:17, Hosea 13:3

of the morning 2× 2 Samuel 23:4, Psalms 90:5

[both] the morning 1× Ezra 3:3

{Early} the next morning 1× Exodus 24:4

and during the morning 1× 1 Samuel 11:11

and mornings 1× Daniel 8:14

and on that morning 1× Isaiah 17:11

and the mornings 1× Daniel 8:26

And the next morning 1× Ezekiel 24:18

At morning 1× Exodus 14:24

At morning’s 1× Micah 2:1

dawn 1× 2 Samuel 23:4

for the regular morning 1× 2 Chronicles 31:3

from dawn 1× Job 4:20

from morning 1× 1 Kings 18:26

from that morning 1× 2 Samuel 24:15

into dawn 1× Amos 5:8

is like a morning 1× Hosea 6:4

it were morning 1× Deuteronomy 28:67

of it in the morning 1× Leviticus 6:20

So in the morning 1× Numbers 22:21

the morning’s 1× Leviticus 9:17

Tomorrow morning 1× Numbers 16:5

while the morning 1× Job 38:7

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A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned row Genesis 1:5

Aligned rows 214

Books represented 29

Genesis 19 Exodus 36 Leviticus 9 Numbers 12 Deuteronomy 4 Joshua 5 Judges 10 Ruth 4 1 Samuel 18 2 Samuel 9 1 Kings 4 2 Kings 7 1 Chronicles 5 2 Chronicles 5 Ezra 1 Esther 2 Job 7 Psalms 18 Proverbs 2 Ecclesiastes 2 Isaiah 11 Jeremiah 2 Lamentations 1 Ezekiel 10 Daniel 2 Hosea 3 Amos 2 Micah 1 Zephaniah 3

Source forms

בַּבֹּ֔קֶר 18x bab·bō·qer Exodus 9:13, Exodus 16:21, Exodus 24:4, Leviticus 6:20

בַבֹּ֔קֶר 14x ḇab·bō·qer Genesis 24:54, Genesis 26:31, Genesis 29:25, Numbers 14:40

בַּבֹּ֣קֶר 10x bab·bō·qer Exodus 16:21, Exodus 30:7, Leviticus 6:12, 2 Samuel 13:4

בַּבֹּ֑קֶר 9x bab·bō·qer Genesis 19:27, Genesis 40:6, Leviticus 6:12, Joshua 6:12

בַּבֹּ֗קֶר 9x bab·bō·qer Genesis 20:8, Genesis 22:3, Genesis 28:18, Genesis 31:55

בֹ֖קֶר 8x ḇō·qer Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:19

הַבֹּ֔קֶר 8x hab·bō·qer Exodus 14:24, Exodus 16:24, Leviticus 6:9, Numbers 28:23

בַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ 7x ḇab·bō·qer Genesis 41:8, Exodus 34:2, Exodus 34:4, Judges 9:33

Parsing patterns

Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular 105x Genesis 19:27, Genesis 20:8, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 22:3

Noun - masculine singular 40x Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:19

Article | Noun - masculine singular 33x Genesis 44:3, Exodus 10:13, Exodus 14:24, Exodus 16:23

Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular 15x Exodus 34:2, Exodus 34:25, Deuteronomy 16:4, 1 Chronicles 9:27

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular 6x Exodus 16:12, Exodus 16:13, Esther 2:14, Esther 5:14

Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural 4x Psalms 73:14, Psalms 101:8, Isaiah 33:2, Lamentations 3:23

Preposition-m, Article | Noun - masculine singular 3x 2 Samuel 2:27, 2 Samuel 24:15, 1 Kings 18:26

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 2x Exodus 16:7, Psalms 55:17

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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בֹּקֶר

What does בֹּקֶר (bōqer) mean in the Bible?

What does בֹּקֶר (bōqer) mean in the Bible?

How does the BSB render H1242?

Where does בֹּקֶר (bōqer) appear in Scripture?

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