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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 BoxGen 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:10 - Now the valley H6010 of Siddim H7708 was full of tar H2564 pits; H875 and the kings H4428 of Sodom H5467 and Gomorrah H6017 fled, H5127 and they fell H5307 [fn]into them. But those who survived H7604 fled H5127 to the hill H2022 country. H2022

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:14 - Therefore H5921 H3651 the well H875 was called H7121 [fn]Beer-lahai-roi; H883 behold, H2009 it is between H996 Kadesh H6946 and Bered. H1260

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:19 - Then God H430 opened H6491 her eyes H5869 and she saw H7200 a well H875 of water; H4325 and she went H1980 and filled H4390 the [fn]skin H2573 with water H4325 and gave H8248 the lad H5288 a drink. H8248

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - But Abraham H85 [fn]complained H3198 to Abimelech H40 because H5921 H182 of the well H875 of water H4325 which H834 the servants H5650 of Abimelech H40 had seized. H1497

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30 - He said, H559 “You shall take H3947 these seven H7651 ewe H3535 lambs H3535 from my hand H3027 so H5668 that it may be a witness H5713 to me, that I dug H2658 this H2088 well.” H875

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:11 - He made the camels H1581 kneel H1288 down H1288 outside H4480 H2351 the city H5892 by the well H875 of water H4325 at evening H6153 time, H6256 the time H6256 when women go H3318 out to draw H7579 water. H7579

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:20 - So she quickly H4116 emptied H6168 her jar H3537 into the trough, H8268 and ran H7323 back H5750 to the well H875 to draw, H7579 and she drew H7579 for all H3605 his camels. H1581

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15 - Now all H3605 the wells H875 which H834 his father’s H1 servants H5650 had dug H2658 in the days H3117 of Abraham H85 his father, H1 the Philistines H6430 stopped H5640 up [fn]by filling H4390 them with earth. H6083

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 - Then Isaac H3327 dug H2658 again H7725 the wells H875 of water H4325 which H834 [fn]had been dug H2658 in the days H3117 of his father H1 Abraham, H85 for the Philistines H6430 had stopped H5640 them up after H310 the death H4194 of Abraham; H85 and he [fn]gave H7121 them the same H8034 names H8034 which H834 his father H1 had [fn]given H7121 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:19 - But when Isaac’s H3327 servants H5650 dug H2658 in the valley H5158 and found H4672 there H8033 a well H875 of [fn]flowing H2416 water, H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:20 - the herdsmen H7462 of Gerar H1642 quarreled H7378 with the herdsmen H7462 of Isaac, H3327 saying, H559 “The water H4325 is ours!” So he named H7121 H8034 the well H875 [fn]Esek, H6230 because H3588 they contended H6229 with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21 - Then they dug H2658 another H312 well, H875 and they quarreled H7378 over H5921 it too, H1571 so he named H7121 H8034 it [fn]Sitnah. H7856

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - He moved H6275 away H6275 from there H8033 and dug H2658 another H312 well, H875 and they did not quarrel H7378 over H5921 it; so he named H7121 H8034 it [fn]Rehoboth, H7344 for he said, H559 “[fn]At last H3588 H6258 the LORD H3068 has made H7337 [fn]room H7337 for us, and we will be fruitful H6509 in the land.” H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 - So he built H1129 an altar H4196 there H8033 and called H7121 upon the name H8034 of the LORD, H3068 and pitched H5186 his tent H168 there; H8033 and there H8033 Isaac’s H3327 servants H5650 dug H3738 a well. H875

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32 - Now it came H1961 about on the same H1931 day, H3117 that Isaac’s H3327 servants H5650 came H935 in and told H5046 him about H5921 H182 the well H875 which H834 they had dug, H2658 and said H559 to him, “We have found H4672 water.” H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2 - He looked, H7200 and [fn]saw H7200 a well H875 in the field, H7704 and behold, H2009 three H7969 flocks H5739 of sheep H6629 were lying H7257 there H8033 beside H5921 it, for from that well H875 they watered H8248 the flocks. H5739 Now the stone H68 on the mouth H6310 of the well H875 was large. H1419

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:3 - When all H3605 the flocks H5739 were gathered H622 there, H8033 they would then roll H1556 the stone H68 from the mouth H6310 of the well H875 and water H8248 the sheep, H6629 and put H7725 the stone H68 back H7725 in its place H4725 on the mouth H6310 of the well. H875

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:8 - But they said, H559 “We cannot, H3201 H3808 until H5704 H834 all H3605 the flocks H5739 are gathered, H622 and they roll H1556 the stone H68 from the mouth H6310 of the well; H875 then we water H8248 the sheep.” H6629

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - When H834 Jacob H3290 saw H7200 Rachel H7354 the daughter H1323 of Laban H3837 his mother’s H517 brother, H251 and the sheep H6629 of Laban H3837 his mother’s H517 brother, H251 Jacob H3290 went H5066 up and rolled H1556 the stone H68 from the mouth H6310 of the well H875 and watered H8248 the flock H6629 of Laban H3837 his mother’s H517 brother. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:15 - When Pharaoh H6547 heard H8085 of this H2088 matter, H1697 he tried H1245 to kill H2026 Moses. H4872 But Moses H4872 fled H1272 from the presence H6440 of Pharaoh H6547 and [fn]settled H3427 in the land H776 of Midian, H4080 and he sat H3427 down H3427 by a well. H875

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17 - ‘Please H4994 let us pass H5674 through your land. H776 We will not pass H5674 through H5674 field H7704 or through vineyard; H3754 we will not even drink H8354 water H4325 from a well. H875 We will go H1980 along the king’s H4428 highway, H1870 not turning H5186 to the right H3225 or left, H8040 until H5704 H834 we pass H5674 through H5674 your territory.’” H1366

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:16 - From there H8033 they continued to [fn]Beer, H876 that is the well H875 where H834 the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses, H4872 “Assemble H622 the people, H5971 that I may give H5414 them water.” H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:17 - Then H227 Israel H3478 sang H7891 this H2088 song: H7892
“Spring H5927 up, O well! H875 Sing H6030 to it!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 - “The well, H875 which the leaders H8269 sank, H2658
Which the nobles H5081 of the people H5971 dug, H3738
With the scepter H2710 and with their staffs.” H4938
And from the wilderness H4057 they continued to Mattanah, H4980

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:22 - “Let me pass H5674 through H5674 your land. H776 We will not turn H5186 off into field H7704 or vineyard; H3754 we will not drink H8354 water H4325 from wells. H875 We will go H1980 by the king’s H4428 highway H1870 until H5704 H834 we have passed H5674 through H5674 your border.” H1366

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:18 - But a lad H5288 did see H7200 them and told H5046 Absalom; H53 so the two H8147 of them departed H1980 quickly H4120 and came H935 to the house H1004 of a man H376 in Bahurim, H980 who had a well H875 in his courtyard, H2691 and they went H3381 down H3381 [fn]into it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:19 - And the woman H802 [fn]took H3947 a covering H4539 and spread H6566 it over H5921 the well’s H875 mouth H6440 and scattered H7849 grain H7383 on it, so that nothing H3808 H1697 was known. H3045

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:21 - It came H1961 about after H310 they had departed H1980 that they came H5927 up out of the well H875 and went H1980 and told H5046 King H4428 David; H1732 and they said H559 to David, H1732 “Arise H6965 and cross H5674 over H5674 the water H4325 quickly H4120 for thus H3602 Ahithophel H302 has counseled H3289 against H5921 you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:23 - But You, O God, H430 will bring H3381 them down H3381 to the [fn]pit H875 of destruction; H7845
Men H376 of bloodshed H1818 and deceit H4820 will not live H2673 out half H2673 their days. H3117
But I will trust H982 in You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15 - May the [fn]flood H7641 of water H4325 not overflow H7857 me
Nor H408 the deep H4688 swallow H1104 me up,
Nor H408 the pit H875 shut H332 its mouth H6310 on me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:15 - Drink H8354 water H4325 from your own cistern H953
And [fn]fresh H5140 water H5140 from your own well. H875

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:27 - For a harlot H2181 is a deep H6013 pit H7745
And an [fn]adulterous H5237 woman H5237 is a narrow H6862 well. H875

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:15 - “You are a garden H1588 spring, H4599
A well H875 of [fn]fresh H2416 water, H4325
And streams H5140 flowing from Lebanon.” H3844
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