Bidkar

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Jehu's captain, and formerly his fellow officer ( 2 Kings 9:25). He executed the concluding doom pronounced by Jehovah on Ahab's son's son ( 1 Kings 21:29), Jehoram, by casting his body into Naboth's plat, after Jehu had pierced him with an arrow.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Bid'kar. (Son Of Stabbing, i.e, One Who Stabs). Jehu's "captain," originally his fellow officer,  2 Kings 9:25, who completed the sentence on Jehoram, son of Ahab.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Fellow officer and afterwards Jehu's captain; he executed the sentence on Joram, or Jehoram, son of Ahab, by casting him into the field of Naboth.  2 Kings 9:25 .

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Bidkar . An officer of Ahab and afterwards of Jehu (  2 Kings 9:25 ).

Holman Bible Dictionary

 2 Kings 9:25

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Bidkar', בַּדְקִר , according to Gesenius, for בֶּןאּדְּקָר , Son Of Stabbing, i.e. Assassin; according to First, for עֶבֶדאּקָר , Servant [i.e. Inhabitant] Of the City; Sept. Βαδεκάρ; Josephus, Βάδακρος ) , Jehu's "captain" ( שָׁלַשׁ ; Josephus, Ὅ Τῆς Τρίτης Μοίρας Ἡγεμών , Ant. 9: 6, 3), originally his fellow-officer ( 2 Kings 9:25), who completed the sentence on Jehoram, son of Ahab, by casting his body into the field of Naboth after Jehu had transfixed him with an arrow. B.C. 882. (See Jehu).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bid´kar ( בּדקר , bidhḳar  ; "son of Deker" (?); compare HPN , 69): A captain in the service of Jehu, formerly his fellow-officer ( 2 Kings 9:25 ).