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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

bo'-ke-roo (bokheru): A son of Azrikam, Saul's descendant (1Ch 8:38 = 1Ch 9:34). For the ending ("-u"), compare the forms gashmu (Ne 6:1,6) and melikhu (Ne 12:14 the King James Version and the Revised Version, margin).