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Lexicon :: Strong's H1295 - bᵊrēḵâ

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בְּרֵכָה
Transliteration
bᵊrēḵâ
Pronunciation
ber-ay-kaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 285c

Strong’s Definitions

בְּרֵכָה bᵉrêkâh, ber-ay-kaw'; from H1288; a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place):—(fish-) pool.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H1295 in the following manner: pool (16x), fishpools (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H1295 in the following manner: pool (16x), fishpools (1x).

  1. pool, pond

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּרֵכָה bᵉrêkâh, ber-ay-kaw'; from H1288; a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place):—(fish-) pool.
STRONGS H1295: Abbreviations
† בְּרֵכָה noun feminine pool, pond (הברכה SI5; Arabic bdb014001; Sabean ברכת SabDenkm73; Aramaic בְּרֵיכְתָּא) — ב׳ 2 Samuel 2:13 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 4:12; 2 Kings 18:17 (= Isaiah 36:2) 2 Kings 20:20; Nehemiah 3:16; Isaiah 7:3; Isaiah 22:9, 11; construct בְּרֵכַת 2 Samuel 2:13; 1 Kings 22:38; Nehemiah 2:14; Nehemiah 3:15; Nahum 2:9; plural בְּרֵכוֺת Ecclesiastes 2:6; Songs 7:5.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

2:13; 2:13; 4:12

1 Kings

22:38

2 Kings

18:17; 20:20

Nehemiah

2:14; 3:15; 3:16

Ecclesiastes

2:6

Song of Songs

7:5

Isaiah

7:3; 22:9; 22:11; 36:2

Nahum

2:9

H1295

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Strong's Number H1295 matches the Hebrew בְּרֵכָה (bᵊrēḵâ),
which occurs 17 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:13 - And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. So they sat down, one on one side of the pool and the other on the other side of the pool.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:12 - So David commanded his young men, and they executed them, cut off their hands and feet, and hanged them by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - Then someone washed the chariot at a pool in Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood while the harlots bathed,[fn] according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan,[fn] the Rabsaris,[fn] and the Rabshakeh[fn] from Lachish, with a great army against Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they went and stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool, which was on the highway to the Fuller’s Field.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:20 - Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah—all his might, and how he made a pool and a tunnel and brought water into the city—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:14 - Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:15 - Shallun the son of Col-Hozeh, leader of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate; he built it, covered it, hung its doors with its bolts and bars, and repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah by the King’s Garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the City of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:16 - After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, leader of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs as far as the place in front of the tombs[fn] of David, to the man-made pool, and as far as the House of the Mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:6 - I made myself water pools from which to water the growing trees of the grove.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4 - Your neck is like an ivory tower,
Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon
By the gate of Bath Rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
Which looks toward Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:3 - Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-Jashub[fn] your son, at the end of the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller’s Field,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:9 - You also saw the damage to the city of David,
That it was great;
And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:11 - You also made a reservoir between the two walls
For the water of the old pool.
But you did not look to its Maker,
Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - Then the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh[fn] with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller’s Field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:8 - Though Nineveh of old was like a pool of water,
Now they flee away.
“Halt! Halt!” they cry;
But no one turns back.
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