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Lexicon :: Strong's H1309 - bᵊśôrâ

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בְּשׂוֹרָה
Transliteration
bᵊśôrâ
Pronunciation
bes-o-raw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 291b

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: בשורה (Strongs and Gesenius) בשרה (Strongs and Gesenius)

Strong’s Definitions

בְּשׂוֹרָה bᵉsôwrâh, bes-o-raw'; or (shortened) בְּשֹׂרָה bᵉsôrâh; feminine from H1319; glad tidings; by implication, reward for good news:—reward for tidings.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H1309 in the following manner: tidings (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H1309 in the following manner: tidings (6x).
  1. news, good news, tidings, reward for good news

    1. good tidings

    2. tidings, news

    3. reward for good tidings

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּשׂוֹרָה bᵉsôwrâh, bes-o-raw'; or (shortened) בְּשֹׂרָה bᵉsôrâh; feminine from H1319; glad tidings; by implication, reward for good news:—reward for tidings.
STRONGS H1309: Abbreviations
בְּשׂרָה noun feminine tidings (compare Arabic بِشارَةٌ see BaNB 61; Sabean בשרן DHMZMG 1876, 672), 2 Samuel 4:10 + 3 times; בְּשׂוֺרָה 2 Samuel 18:25, 27
1. good tidings 1 Kings 7:9.
2. tidings, news 2 Samuel 18:20, 25; with טובה 2 Samuel 18:27.
3. reward for good tidings 2 Samuel 4:10; 2 Samuel 18:22.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

4:10; 4:10; 18:20; 18:22; 18:25; 18:25; 18:27; 18:27

1 Kings

7:9

H1309

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1309 matches the Hebrew בְּשׂוֹרָה (bᵊśôrâ),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:10 -

“when the person told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ he thought he was a bearer of good news, but I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was my reward to him for his news!

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:20 -

Joab replied to him, “You are not the man to take good news today. You may do it another day, but today you aren’t taking good news, because the king’s son is dead.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:22 -

However, Ahimaaz son of Zadok persisted and said to Joab, “No matter what, please let me also run behind the Cushite! ”

Joab replied, “My son, why do you want to run since you won’t get a reward? ”[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:25 -

He called out and told the king.

The king said, “If he’s alone, he bears good news.”

As the first runner came closer,

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:27 -

The watchman said, “The way the first man runs looks to me like the way Ahimaaz son of Zadok runs.”

“This is a good man; he comes with good news,” the king commented.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:9 -

Then they said to each other, “We’re not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our punishment will catch up with us. So let’s go tell the king’s household.”

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