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(Heb. Bidkar', áַּãְ÷ִø , according to Gesenius, for áֶּïàּãְּ÷ָø , son of stabbing, i.e. assassin; according to First, for òֶáֶãàּ÷ָø , servant [i.e. inhabitant] of the city; Sept. ÂáäåêÜñ; Josephus, ÂÜäáêñïò ), Jehu's "captain" ( ùָׁìַùׁ ; Josephus, ὅ ôῆò ôñßôçò ìïßñáò ἡãåìώí , Ant. 9:6, 3), originally his fellow-officer (2Ki_9:25), who completed the sentence on Jehoram, son of Ahab, by casting his body into the field of Naboth after Jehu had transfixed him with an arrow. B.C. 882. SEE JEHU.