Bichri

== Fausset's Bible Dictionary ==

"Youthful"; else "firstborn"; else son of Becher. (Sheba: 2 Samuel 20:1.)

== Holman Bible Dictionary == 2 Samuel 20:1 == Hitchcock's Bible Names == == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible ==

BICHRI . ‘Sheba the son of Bichri’ ( 2 Samuel 20:1 ) should rather be ‘Sheba the Bichrite,’ i.e. a descendant of Becher ( Genesis 46:21 ).

== Morrish Bible Dictionary ==

Father of Sheba who rose against David. 2 Samuel 20:1-22 .

== Smith's Bible Dictionary ==

Bich'ri. (first-born). 2 Samuel 20:1. An ancestor of Sheba.

== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ==

bik´rı̄ ( בּכרי , bikhrı̄ , "first born"; compare HPN , 88, 102): Father of Sheba who rebelled against David. Bichri is of the house of Benjamin and the word probably means a "descendant of Becher" (2 Samuel 20:1 ). Compare Becher 1.

== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature ==

(Heb. Bikri',בַּכְרִי, first-born or youthful, perhaps Becherite; Sept. Βοχορί; Vulg. Bichri), apparently a Benjamite, father of Sheba, the revolter from David (2 Samuel 20:1 sq.). B.C. ante 1016. (See Becher).