1063. bikkurah

Lexicon

bikkurah: Firstfruits

Original Word: בִּכּוּרָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: bikkuwrah
Pronunciation: bik-koo-RAW
Phonetic Spelling: (bik-koo-raw')
Definition: Firstfruits
Meaning: the early fig

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

firstripe fruit

Feminine of bikkuwr; the early fig -- firstripe (fruit).

see HEBREW bikkuwr

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from bakar
Definition
the first ripe fig, early fig
NASB Translation
earliest fruit (1), first-ripe (1), first-ripe fig (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

בִּכּוּרָה noun feminine first ripe fig, early fig (regarded as a delicacy) (Löw³⁹¹; compare Arabic , Spanish albacora, Moorish bokkôre) Micah 7:1; Hosea 9:10; suffix בִּכּוּרָהּ = בִּכּוּרָתָהּ (read בִּכּוּרָה Di), Isaiah 28:4; plural בַּכֻּרוֺת Jeremiah 24:2 **probably a different word, plural abstract = early ripeness, compare Du.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root בָּכַר (bakar), meaning "to bear early fruit" or "to be firstborn."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G4274: πρωτογενήματα (prōtogenēmata) • Refers to the first fruits or earliest produce.
• G4406: πρωτοφυής (prōtophuēs) • Pertaining to the first growth or early produce.
• G4810: σύκον (sykon) • Specifically refers to a fig, often used in contexts involving figs or fig trees.

These Greek terms, while not direct translations, share thematic connections with בִּכּוּרָה in their emphasis on first fruits and early produce, reflecting similar agricultural and symbolic significance in the biblical narrative.

Usage: The word בִּכּוּרָה is used in the Hebrew Bible to denote the early or first-ripe figs, often symbolizing something desirable or the first of a series. It appears in contexts that highlight the anticipation and value of the first fruits.

Context: בִּכּוּרָה (bikkurah) is a noun feminine in Hebrew, primarily used to describe the early or first-ripe figs. In the agrarian society of ancient Israel, the first fruits held significant importance, both agriculturally and religiously. The early figs were eagerly awaited as they marked the beginning of the fig harvest season. This term appears in several biblical passages, often metaphorically, to convey ideas of anticipation, value, and the promise of future abundance.

In Isaiah 28:4, the early fig is used metaphorically to describe something that is quickly consumed due to its desirability: "And the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, will be like the first-ripe fig before the summer, which one sees, and as soon as it is in his hand, he swallows it up."

Similarly, in Hosea 9:10, the early fig symbolizes the initial delight and favor of Israel in God's eyes: "Like grapes in the wilderness, I found Israel. Like the first fruit of the fig tree in its first season, I saw your fathers."

The imagery of the early fig serves to illustrate themes of promise, expectation, and the fleeting nature of initial blessings or beauty.

Forms and Transliterations

בִּכּוּרָ֖ה בכורה כְּבִכּוּרָ֤ה כבכורה bik·kū·rāh bikkuRah bikkūrāh kə·ḇik·kū·rāh kəḇikkūrāh kevikkuRah

Englishman's Concordance

Hosea 9:10
HEB: מָצָ֙אתִי֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כְּבִכּוּרָ֤ה בִתְאֵנָה֙ בְּרֵ֣אשִׁיתָ֔הּ
NAS: your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree
KJV: your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree
INT: found Israel as the earliest the fig first

Micah 7:1
HEB: אֶשְׁכּ֣וֹל לֶאֱכ֔וֹל בִּכּוּרָ֖ה אִוְּתָ֥ה נַפְשִֽׁי׃
NAS: of grapes to eat, [Or] a first-ripe fig [which] I crave.
KJV: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
INT: A cluster to eat a first-ripe crave my soul

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1063
2 Occurrences

bik·kū·rāh — 1 Occ.
kə·ḇik·kū·rāh — 1 Occ.