Definition

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

Etymology

from H1239 (בָּקַר);

Word family

• בָּקַר bâqar

How the KJV renders it

• ( ) day
• early
• morning
• morrow

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.