Root

ب-ك-ر

bkr·b-k-r

12 occurrences12 verses3 forms

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
بُكْرَةbukrah7—
بِكْرbikr3—
إِبْكارibkār2—

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

Nearby roots share verses with ب-ك-ر more than chance would predict (statistical). See the whole atlas →

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where ب-ك-ر falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times ب-ك-ر occurs on it. Counted, not interpreted — a bright page is where the word is dense, which is a fact about vocabulary and not a claim about what the page teaches.

lessmoreon 12 of 604 pages (2%)

Densest in juzʾ 16 (2 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 249 pages — pages 56–304, juzʾ 3–16.

Occurrences · 12 in mushaf order

Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, with morphology from the Quranic Arabic Corpus. How we count →

Questions

How many times does the root ب-ك-ر appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root ب-ك-ر (bkr) occurs 12 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 12 distinct verses. Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, using the Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology. “Occurrences” counts every word token derived from the root — a root appearing twice in one verse counts twice — which is why it exceeds the verse count.

In how many verses does ب-ك-ر occur?

12 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from ب-ك-ر (bkr), out of 12 total occurrences.

What words come from the root ب-ك-ر?

ب-ك-ر (bkr) yields 3 distinct derived forms in the Qurʾān, most frequently بُكْرَة (bukrah, 7×), بِكْر (bikr, 3×), and إِبْكار (ibkār, 2×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.