BECHER

be'-ker (bekher, "the firstborn"; compare HPN , 88):

(1) Son of Benjamin (Genesis 46:21; 1 Chronicles 7:6,8).

(2) Son of Ephraim whose family is called Becherites (the King James Version "Bachrites"), Numbers 26:35 (1 Chronicles 7:20 called Bered). Compare BERED (1) .

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.