Bichri

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Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]

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

Holman Bible Dictionary [2]

2 Samuel 20:1

Hitchcock's Bible Names [3]

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [4]

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 [5]

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

Smith's Bible Dictionary [6]

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

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [7]

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 [8]

(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).

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