Definition

the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture

Etymology

or (short) בְּכֹרָה; feminine of H1060 (בְּכוֹר);

Word family

• בְּכוֹר bᵉkôwr

How the KJV renders it

• birthright
• firstborn(-ling)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.