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Lexicon :: Strong's H884 - bᵊ'ēr šeḇaʿ

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בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע
Transliteration
bᵊ'ēr šeḇaʿ
Pronunciation
be-ayr' sheh'-vah
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ, be-ayr' sheh'-bah; from H875 and H7651 (in the sense of H7650); well of an oath; Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine:—Beer-shebah.

Note by BLB: Strong's entry lists the pronunciation of this word with the "b" sound. This is incorrect. The ב (bet) does not have a daghesh lene so it is pronounced with a "v" sound. This is why the transliteration has a bar under the "b" (ḇ).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H884 in the following manner: Beersheba (34x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H884 in the following manner: Beersheba (34x).

  1. Beer-sheba = "well of the sevenfold oath"

    1. a city at the south edge of Israel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ, be-ayr' sheh'-bah; from H875 and H7651 (in the sense of H7650); well of an oath; Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine:—Beer-shebah.

Note by BLB: Strong's entry lists the pronunciation of this word with the "b" sound. This is incorrect. The ב (bet) does not have a daghesh lene so it is pronounced with a "v" sound. This is why the transliteration has a bar under the "b" (ḇ).

STRONGS H884: Abbreviations
† בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע proper name, of a location Beersheba (well of seven, explained Genesis 21:30, 31 as place of swearing by seven lambs, or, well of oath, see שְׁבֻעָה; compare same meaning otherwise derived Genesis 26:33) — בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע Genesis 26:33 + 13 times, בְּאֵרשֶֿׁבַע Joshua 19:2; בְּאֵר שָׁ֑בַע Genesis 21:14 + 18 times; בְּאֵ֫רָה שֶׁבַע (ָ  ה locative) Genesis 46:1 — south from Hebron, according to Onomasticon approximately 20 miles LagOnom. 103, 234, 2nd ed. 138, 248; modern Bîr-es-Seba, 12 hours from Hebron RobBR i. 204 f. Surveyiii. 394 Genesis 21:14, 31, 32, 33; Genesis 22:19 (twice in verse); Genesis 26:23, 33; Genesis 28:10; Genesis 46:1, 5; Joshua 15:28; Joshua 19:2; Judges 20:1; 1 Samuel 3:20; 1 Samuel 8:2; 2 Samuel 17:11; 2 Samuel 24:7; 1 Kings 19:3; 2 Kings 12:2; 2 Kings 23:8; Amos 5:5; 1 Chronicles 4:28; 2 Chronicles 19:4; 24:1; Nehemiah 11:27, 30; in phrase מִדָּן וְעַדבּֿ׳ from Dan to Beersheba (i.e. all the territory of Israel, see דָּן) Amos 8:14; Judges 20:1; 1 Samuel 3:20; 2 Samuel 3:10; 2 Samuel 17:11; 2 Samuel 24:2, 15; 1 Kings 5:5, & (only Chronicles) מִבְּאֵר שֶׁבַע וְעַדדָּֿן from Beersheba to Dan 1 Chronicles 21:2; 2 Chronicles 30:5.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

21:14; 21:14; 21:30; 21:31; 21:31; 21:32; 21:33; 22:19; 26:23; 26:33; 26:33; 26:33; 28:10; 46:1; 46:1; 46:5

Joshua

15:28; 19:2; 19:2

Judges

20:1; 20:1

1 Samuel

3:20; 3:20; 8:2

2 Samuel

3:10; 17:11; 17:11; 24:2; 24:7; 24:15

1 Kings

5:5; 19:3

2 Kings

12:2; 23:8

1 Chronicles

4:28; 21:2

2 Chronicles

19:4; 24:1; 30:5

Nehemiah

11:27; 11:30

Amos

5:5; 8:14

H884

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H884 matches the Hebrew בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע (bᵊ'ēr šeḇaʿ),
which occurs 68 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - And Abraam rose up in the morning and took loaves and a skin of water, and gave them to Agar, and he put the child on her shoulder, and sent her away, and she having departed wandered in the wilderness [fn]near the well of the oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31 - Therefore he named the name of that place, The Well of the Oath, for there they both swore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 - And they made a covenant at the well of the oath. And there rose up Abimelech, Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the commander-in-chief of his army, and they returned to the land of the Phylistines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:33 - And Abraam planted a field at the well of the oath, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - And Abraam returned to his servants, and they arose and went together to the well of the oath; and Abraam dwelt at the well of the oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:23 - And he went up thence to the well of the oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:33 - And he called it, Oath: therefore he called the name of that city, the Well of Oath, until this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10 - And Jacob went forth from the well of the oath, and departed into Charrhan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:1 - And Israel departed, he and all that he had, and came to the well of the oath; and he offered sacrifice to the God of his father Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:5 - And Jacob rose up from the well of the oath; and the sons of Israel took up their father, and the baggage, and their wives on the waggons, which Joseph sent to take them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:28 - and Cholaseola, and Beersabee; and their villages, and their hamlets,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:2 - And their lot was Beersabee, and Samaa, and Caladam,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:1 - And all the children of Israel went out, and all the congregation was gathered as one man, from Dan even to Bersabee, and in the land of Galaad, to the Lord at Massepha.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20 - And all Israel knew from Dan even to Bersabee, that Samuel was faithful as a prophet to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:2 - And these are the names of his sons; Joel the first-born, and the name of the second Abia, judges in Bersabee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10 - to take away the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to raise up the throne of David over Israel and over Juda from Dan to Bersabee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11 - For thus I have surely given counsel, that all Israel be generally gathered to thee from Dan even to Bersabee, as the sand that is upon the sea-shore for multitude: and that thy presence [fn]go in the midst of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - And the king said to Joab commander of the host, who was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel and Juda, from Dan even to Bersabee, and number the people, and I will know the number of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7 - And they came to Mapsar of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Evite and the Chananite: and they came by the south of Juda to Bersabee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:15 - So David chose for himself the mortality: and they were the days of wheat-harvest; and the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from morning till [fn]noon, and the plague began among the people; and there died of the people from Dan even to Bersabee seventy thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:3 - And Eliu feared, and rose, and departed for his life: and he comes to Bersabee to the land of Juda, and he left his servant there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:1 - (LXX 12:2) Joas [fn]began to reign in the seventh year of Ju, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Sabia of Bersabee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - And he brought up all the priests from the cities of Juda, and defiled the high places where the priests burned incense, from Gæbal even to Bersabee; and he pulled down the house of the gates that was by the door of the gate of Joshua the ruler of the city, on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:28 - And they dwelt in Bersabee, and Molada, and in Esersual,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:2 - And king David said to Joab and to the captains of the forces, Go, number Israel from Bersabee even to Dan, and bring me the account, and I shall know their number.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:4 - And Josaphat dwelt in Jerusalem: and he again went out among the people from Bersabee to the mount of Ephraim, and turned them back to the Lord God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1 - Joas was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Sabia of Beersabee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:5 - And they established a decree that a proclamation should go through all Israel, from Bersabee to Dan, that they should come and keep the passover to the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem: for the multitude had not done it lately according to the scripture.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:27 - and in Bersabee:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:30 - And their villages were Lachis and her hands: and they pitched their tents in Bersabee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:5 - But seek not Bæthel, and go not in to Galgala, and cross not over to the Well of the Oath: for Galgala shall surely go into captivity, and Bæthel shall be as that which is not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:14 - they who swear by the propitiation of Samaria, and who say, Thy god, O Dan, lives; and, Thy god, O Bersabee, lives; and they shall fall, and shall no more rise again.
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