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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 someone told me, ‘Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and put him to death in Ziklag. That was the reward I gave him for his news!
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:20 - “You are not the one to take the news today,” Joab told him. “You may take the news another time, but you must not do so today, because the king’s son is dead.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:22 - Ahimaaz son of Zadok again said to Joab, “Come what may, please let me run behind the Cushite.” But Joab replied, “My son, why do you want to go? You don’t have any news that will bring you a reward.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:25 - The watchman called out to the king and reported it. The king said, “If he is alone, he must have good news.” And the runner came closer and closer.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:27 - The watchman said, “It seems to me that the first one runs like Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” “He’s a good man,” the king said. “He comes with good news.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:9 - Then they said to each other, “What we’re doing is not right. This is a day of good news and we are keeping it to ourselves. If we wait until daylight, punishment will overtake us. Let’s go at once and report this to the royal palace.”
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