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Ben-Deker
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Ben-Deker: NET AVS NIV TEVBen-deker: NRSV NASB
an officer of food supplies for King Solomon
Hebrew
Strongs #01128: rqd-Nb Ben-Deqer
Ben-dekar = "son of stabbing" or "son of Dekar"1) an officer of Solomon
1128 Ben-Deqer ben-deh'-ker
from 1121 and a derivative of 1856; son of piercing (or of alance); Ben-Deker, an Israelite:-the son of Dekar.
see HEBREW for 01121
see HEBREW for 01856
BEN-DEKER [ISBE]
BEN-DEKER - ben-de'-ker (ben-deqer, "son of Deker," the King James Version "son of Dekar"): The word is derived from a Hebrew root meaning "to pierce." Compare HPN, 69. One of the 12 officers who provided victuals for King Solomon and his household (1 Ki 4:9).