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Bidkar

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(stabber). One of Jehu’s captains (2 Kings 9:25²⁵Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the Lord laid this burden upon him; (2 Kings 9:25)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Fellow officer and afterward Jehu’s captain; he executed the sentence on Joram, or Jehoram, son of Ahab, by casting him into the field of Naboth (2 Kings 9:25²⁵Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the Lord laid this burden upon him; (2 Kings 9:25)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

920 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Bidqar

Phonic:

bid-car’

Meaning:

probably from 1856 with a prepositional prefix; by stabbing, i.e. assassin; Bidkar, an Israelite

KJV Usage:

Bidkar

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

in stabbing

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Most diligent search; stabber; assassin:―an Israelite, 2 Kings 9:25. {Quaesitio diligentissima}