עֵקֶר
eker · offshoot (of a family)
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6133 · appears 1 time in the Bible
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eker (עֵקֶר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “offshoot (of a family)”.
An offshoot of a family, a descendant. It appears only in Leviticus 25:47.
How to say it
e·ker
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- An offshoot or member of a family.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Leviticus 25:47
And if the hand of a resident alien or a temporary resident with you prospers, and your brother becomes poor beside him and sells himself to the resident alien, the temporary resident with you, or to a descendant of the clan of a resident alien,