Strong’s H951 · Hebrew

בּוֹקֵר
bôwqêr
bo-kare'

Definition

a cattle-tender

Etymology

properly, active participle from H1239 (בָּקַר) as denominative from H1241 (בָּקָר);

Where the KJV renders it

  • herdman

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.

What the first audience heard

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