the first born
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
BOCHERU.A descendant of Jonathan (1Ch_8:38; 1Ch_9:44).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1Ch_8:38; 1Ch_9:44. Son of Azel. But the Septuagint reads Bekoru, "his firstborn." (See BECHER.)
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Boch'eru. (youth). Son of Azel, according to the present Hebrew text of 1Ch_8:38.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
bō?kē̇-roo (בּכרוּ, bōkherū): A son of Azrikam, Saul's descendant (1Ch_8:38 = 1Ch_9:34). For the ending (וּ, ū), compare the forms גּשׁמוּ, gashmū (Neh_6:1, Neh_6:6) and מליכוּ, melı̄khū (Neh_12:14 the King James Version and the Revised Version, margin).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Bocheru
(Heb. Bokeru', בֹּכְרוּ, the first-born is he; Sept. translates πρωτότοκος αὐτοῦ), one of the six sons of Azel, a descendant of King Saul (1Ch_8:38; 1Ch_9:44). B.C. much post 1037. SEE BECHER.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.