Bible Encyclopedia: Bichri

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BICHRI

bik'-ri (bikhri, "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.

Strong's Hebrew

1075. Bikri -- "youthful," a Benjamite, perhaps also his desc.
... "youthful," a Benjamite, perhaps also his desc. Transliteration: Bikri Phonetic
Spelling: (bik-ree') Short Definition: Bichri. ... NASB Word Usage Bichri (8). ...
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Library

How David, when He had Recovered his Kingdom, was Reconciled to ...
... rulers were thus disputing one with another, a certain wicked man, who took a pleasure
in seditious practices, [his name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, of the ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 11 how david when.htm

The Second Part.
... of this Hierapicra in all our bookes of controversies: but especially there hath
been too much in our domesticall warrs; some sonns of Bichri have blowen the ...
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Bichri

first-born; first fruits

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Bichri

(first-born), (2 Samuel 20:1) an ancestor of Sheba.

Thesaurus

Bichri (8 Occurrences)
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia BICHRI. ...Bichri is of the house of Benjamin and the word
probably means a "descendant of Becher" (2 Samuel 20:1). Compare BECHER 1. ...
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Bicri (8 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 20:1 Now there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba,
the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the horn, and said: 'We have no ...
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Abi'shai (25 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 20:6 And David said to Abishai: 'Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us
more harm than did Absalom; take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him ...
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Sheba (36 Occurrences)
... (6.) Hebrews id. A "son of Bichri," of the family of Becher, the son of Benjamin,
and thus of the stem from which Saul was descended (2 Samuel 20:1-22). ...
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Gibeon (39 Occurrences)
... 3. Murder of Amasa: When, after the death of Absalom and the suppression of his
rebellion, Bichri raised the standard of revolt, Amasa was sent to call out the ...
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Abishai (25 Occurrences)
... NAS NIV). 2 Samuel 20:6 David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba the son of Bichri
will do us more harm than did Absalom. Take your lord's ...
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Joab's (13 Occurrences)
... after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty
men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. ...
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Amasa (13 Occurrences)
... When a new revolt broke out under Sheba, the son of Bichri (2 Samuel 20), Amasa
was entrusted with the task of assembling the men of Judah. ...
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Jo'ab (120 Occurrences)
... after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty
men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. ...
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Blew (37 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 20:1 There happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the
son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, "We have no ...
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Bible Concordance

Bichri (8 Occurrences)

2 Samuel 20:1 There happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, "We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 20:2 So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah joined with their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 20:6 David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than did Absalom. Take your lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape out of our sight."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 20:7 There went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 20:10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand. So he struck him with it in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn't strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 20:13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 20:21 The matter is not so. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city." The woman said to Joab, "Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 20:22 Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Bichri

Bichri: A Benjamite

Related Terms

Bicri (8 Occurrences)

Abi'shai (25 Occurrences)

Sheba (36 Occurrences)

Gibeon (39 Occurrences)

Abishai (25 Occurrences)

Joab's (13 Occurrences)

Amasa (13 Occurrences)

Jo'ab (120 Occurrences)