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Lexicon :: Strong's H877 - bō'r

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בֹּאר
Transliteration
bō'r
Pronunciation
bore
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 194d

Strong’s Definitions

בֹּאר bôʼr, bore; from H874; a cistern:—cistern.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H877 in the following manner: cistern (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H877 in the following manner: cistern (2x).

  1. cistern, pit, well

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֹּאר bôʼr, bore; from H874; a cistern:—cistern.
STRONGS H877: Abbreviations
† [בּאֹר] noun masculineJeremiah 2:13 cistern, pit, well (for בְּאֹר compare בּוֺר) — singular Kt באר 2 Samuel 23:15, 16, 20 (Qr בֹּר); apparently well 2 Samuel 23:15; 2 Samuel 23:16 (read perhaps בְּאֵר), pit 2 Samuel 23:20; plural Jeremiah 2:13 me they have forsaken, the fountain of living water, לַחְצֹב לָהֶם בּאֹרוֺת בּאֹרֹת נִשְׁבָּרִים, to hew out for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, etc.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

23:15; 23:15; 23:16; 23:16; 23:20; 23:20

Jeremiah

2:13; 2:13

H877

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Strong's Number H877 matches the Hebrew בֹּאר (bō'r),
which occurs 4 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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David was extremely thirsty[fn] and said, “If only someone would bring me water to drink from the well at the city gate of Bethlehem! ”

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So three of the warriors broke through the Philistine camp and drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem. They brought it back to David, but he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:13

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For my people have committed a double evil:

They have abandoned me,

the fountain of living water,

and dug cisterns for themselves ​— ​

cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.

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