(Beʹcher) [Young Male Camel].

1. The second-named son of Benjamin in the list of Jacob’s descendants at Genesis chapter 46. (See Ge 46:21; 1Ch 7:6.) Becher is omitted in the genealogical lists at Numbers 26:38 and 1 Chronicles 8:1, 2. His descendants through his nine sons as family heads numbered 20,200 “valiant, mighty men,” according to the account recorded at 1 Chronicles 7:8, 9.

2. Family head of Becherites (Bachrites, KJ) of the tribe of Ephraim.​—Nu 26:35.