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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.
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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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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:15 - David was thirsty and said, "How I wish someone would give me some water to drink from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - So the three elite warriors broke through the Philistine forces and drew some water from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate. They carried it back to David, but he refused to drink it. He poured it out as a drink offering to the LORD

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13 - "Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water."
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