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Lexicon :: Strong's H875 - bᵊ'ēr

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בְּאֵר
Transliteration
bᵊ'ēr
Pronunciation
be-ayr'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 194a

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: באר.

Strong’s Definitions

בְּאֵר bᵉʼêr, be-ayr'; from H874; a pit; especially a well:—pit, well.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H875 in the following manner: well (32x), pit (3x), slimepits (1x), not translated (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H875 in the following manner: well (32x), pit (3x), slimepits (1x), not translated (1x).

  1. well, pit, spring

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּאֵר bᵉʼêr, be-ayr'; from H874; a pit; especially a well:—pit, well.
STRONGS H875: Abbreviations
† בְּאֵר noun feminineGenesis 26:21 well, pit, mostly Hexateuch, Genesis 23 times, Exodus 1 time, Numbers 5 times, + 37 times in all; Arabic bdb009102, Aramaic בְּאֵרָא, בֵּיר, בֵּירָא, bdb009103, Sabean באר DHMZMG. 1875, 608, Assyrian bêru, LyonSargon 61 (connection with above √ not clear; Lagl.c. spring of water, as coming to light, appearing; possible, although meaning in use rather well, than spring; see however, Genesis 16:14 compare Genesis 16:7; Genesis 26:19; Numbers 21:17) — בּ׳ absolute Genesis 21:30 +; construct Genesis 21:19 +; suffix בְּאֵֶר֑ךָ Proverbs 5:15; Plural absolute בְּאֵרֹת Genesis 26:15; construct id. Genesis 26:18; compare בֶּאֱרֹת בֶּאֱרֹת חֵמָר Genesis 14:10; —
† 1. a well, often as made by digging (חָפַר) Genesis 21:25, 30 (E), Genesis 26:15, 18, 19, 21, 22, 32 (all J), also in poetry Numbers 21:18 (+ כרה) see also [H876 Numbers 21:16]; Numbers 21:17 (where the well addressed, in song, עֲלִי בְאֵר); also with כרה in prose Genesis 26:25; also with no reference to its origin Genesis 16:14 (J; || עַיִן Genesis 16:7), Genesis 29:2; Exodus 2:15 (J) Numbers 20:17; Numbers 21:22 (E) 2 Samuel 17:18, 21; בְּאֵר (ה)מַיִם Genesis 21:19 (E) Genesis 24:11 (J; || עַיִן Genesis 24:13; Genesis 24:16; Genesis 24:43; Genesis 24:45); (compare also Genesis 21:25; Genesis 26:18 above & especially Genesis 26:19 בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים); water taken from it by drawing (שָׁאַב) Genesis 24:11, 20; flocks watered from it (הִשְׁקָה מִןֿ) Genesis 29:2, 3, 8, 10 (compare especially Exodus 2:16 they drew, דלה, and filled the troughs); also מִתּוֺךְ בְּאֵרֶ֑ךָ.... שְׁתֵה מַיִם Proverbs 5:15 (|| בּוֺר); the opening called פִּי הַבְּאֵר Genesis 29:2, 3 (twice in verse); Genesis 29:8, 10; compare הַבּ׳ פְּנֵי 2 Samuel 17:19 (read probably פּי so SAM Targum Syriac Version Vulgate, compare Dr); figurative of fresh delights of woman beloved Songs 4:15 מַעְיַן גַּנִּים בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים וְנוֺזְלִים מִןלְֿבָנוֺן.
† 2. pit (= בּוֺר); pits of bitumen Genesis 14:10 (compare above); בְּאֵר שַׁחַת Psalm 55:24 [Psalm 55:23] pit of (the) grave; compare Psalm 69:16 פִּיהָ בְּאֵר עָלַי וְאַל־תֶּאְטַר and let not (the) pit shut its mouth over me (|| מְצוּלָה); figurative of strange woman בְּאֵר צָרָה a narrow pit, out of which rescue is difficult Proverbs 23:27 (|| שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה).
† 3. as proper name, of a location.
† a. with ה ָ locative בְּאֵ֫רָה a station of Israel in desert [H876 Numbers 21:16], possibly = בְּאֵר אֵילִים [H879 Isaiah 15:8].
† b. same form [H876 Judges 9:21], according to Euseb. LagOnom. 238, 2nd ed. 250 8 miles north of Eleutheropolis; compare RobBR i. 452 who compares el-Bîreh, near Beth-shemesh.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:10; 14:10; 16:7; 16:7; 16:14; 16:14; 21:19; 21:19; 21:25; 21:25; 21:30; 21:30; 24:11; 24:11; 24:13; 24:16; 24:20; 24:43; 24:45; 26:15; 26:15; 26:18; 26:18; 26:18; 26:19; 26:19; 26:19; 26:21; 26:21; 26:22; 26:25; 26:32; 29:2; 29:2; 29:2; 29:3; 29:3; 29:8; 29:8; 29:10; 29:10

Exodus

2:15; 2:16

Numbers

20:17; 21:17; 21:17; 21:18; 21:22

2 Samuel

17:18; 17:19; 17:21

Psalms

55:23; 69:16

Proverbs

5:15; 5:15; 23:27

Song of Songs

4:15

H875

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H875 matches the Hebrew בְּאֵר (bᵊ'ēr),
which occurs 37 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:10 - Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:14 - Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:19 - And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30 - And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:11 - And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:20 - And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15 - Now all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 - And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:19 - And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:20 - And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21 - And they digged another well, and they strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now Jehovah hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 - And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32 - And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2 - And he looked, and, behold, a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and the stone upon the well’s mouth was great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:3 - And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in its place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:8 - And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:15 - Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17 - Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells; we will go along the king’s highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:16 - And from thence they journeyed to Beer: that is the well whereof Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:17 - Then sang Israel this song:
Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 -
The well, which the princes digged,
Which the nobles of the people delved,
With the sceptre, and with their staves.
And from the wilderness they journeyed to Mattanah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:22 - Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s highway, until we have passed thy border.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:18 - But a lad saw them, and told Absalom: and they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down thither.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:19 - And the woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:21 - And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said unto David, Arise ye, and pass quickly over the water; for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:23 -
But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction:
Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days;
But I will trust in thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15 -
Let not the waterflood overwhelm me,
Neither let the deep swallow me up;
And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:15 -
Drink waters out of thine own cistern,
And running waters out of thine own well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:27 -
For a harlot is a deep ditch;
And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:15 -
Thou art a fountain of gardens,
A well of living waters,
And flowing streams from Lebanon.
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