Help QuickNav Adv. Options
KJV

KJV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

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

Choose a new font size and typeface
בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע
Transliteration
bᵊ'ēr šeḇaʿ
Pronunciation
be-ayr' sheh'-vah
Listen
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - And Abraham H85 rose up early H7925 in the morning, H1242 and took H3947 bread, H3899 and a bottle H2573 of water, H4325 and gave H5414 it unto Hagar, H1904 putting H7760 it on her shoulder, H7926 and the child, H3206 and sent her away: H7971 and she departed, H3212 and wandered H8582 in the wilderness H4057 of Beersheba. H884

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31 - Wherefore he called H7121 that place H4725 Beersheba; H884 because there they sware H7650 both of them. H8147

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 - Thus they made H3772 a covenant H1285 at Beersheba: H884 then Abimelech H40 rose up, H6965 and Phichol H6369 the chief captain H8269 of his host, H6635 and they returned H7725 into the land H776 of the Philistines. H6430

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:33 - And Abraham planted H5193 a grove H815 in Beersheba, H884 and called H7121 there on the name H8034 of the LORD, H3068 the everlasting H5769 God. H410

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - So Abraham H85 returned H7725 unto his young men, H5288 and they rose up H6965 and went H3212 together H3162 to Beersheba; H884 and Abraham H85 dwelt H3427 at Beersheba. H884

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:23 - And he went up H5927 from thence to Beersheba. H884

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:33 - And he called H7121 it Shebah: H7656 therefore the name H8034 of the city H5892 is Beersheba H884 unto this day. H3117

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10 - And Jacob H3290 went out H3318 from Beersheba, H884 and went H3212 toward Haran. H2771

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:1 - And Israel H3478 took his journey H5265 with all that he had, and came H935 to Beersheba, H884 and offered H2076 sacrifices H2077 unto the God H430 of his father H1 Isaac. H3327

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:5 - And Jacob H3290 rose up H6965 from Beersheba: H884 and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 carried H5375 Jacob H3290 their father, H1 and their little ones, H2945 and their wives, H802 in the wagons H5699 which Pharaoh H6547 had sent H7971 to carry H5375 him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:28 - And Hazarshual, H2705 and Beersheba, H884 and Bizjothjah, H964

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:2 - And they had in their inheritance H5159 Beersheba, H884 or Sheba, H7652 and Moladah, H4137

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:1 - Then all the children H1121 of Israel H3478 went out, H3318 and the congregation H5712 was gathered together H6950 as one H259 man, H376 from Dan H1835 even to Beersheba, H884 with the land H776 of Gilead, H1568 unto the LORD H3068 in Mizpeh. H4709

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20 - And all Israel H3478 from Dan H1835 even to Beersheba H884 knew H3045 that Samuel H8050 was established H539 to be a prophet H5030 of the LORD. H3068

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:2 - Now the name H8034 of his firstborn H1121 H1060 was Joel; H3100 and the name H8034 of his second, H4932 Abiah: H29 they were judges H8199 in Beersheba. H884

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10 - To translate H5674 the kingdom H4467 from the house H1004 of Saul, H7586 and to set up H6965 the throne H3678 of David H1732 over Israel H3478 and over Judah, H3063 from Dan H1835 even to Beersheba. H884

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11 - Therefore I counsel H3289 that all Israel H3478 be generally H622 gathered H622 unto thee, from Dan H1835 even to Beersheba, H884 as the sand H2344 that is by the sea H3220 for multitude; H7230 and that thou go H1980 to battle H7128 in thine own person. H6440

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - For the king H4428 said H559 to Joab H3097 the captain H8269 of the host, H2428 which was with him, Go now through H7751 all the tribes H7626 of Israel, H3478 from Dan H1835 even to Beersheba, H884 and number H6485 ye the people, H5971 that I may know H3045 the number H4557 of the people. H5971

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7 - And came H935 to the strong hold H4013 of Tyre, H6865 and to all the cities H5892 of the Hivites, H2340 and of the Canaanites: H3669 and they went out H3318 to the south H5045 of Judah, H3063 even to Beersheba. H884

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:15 - So the LORD H3068 sent H5414 a pestilence H1698 upon Israel H3478 from the morning H1242 even to the time H6256 appointed: H4150 and there died H4191 of the people H5971 from Dan H1835 even to Beersheba H884 seventy H7657 thousand H505 men. H376

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:25 - And Judah H3063 and Israel H3478 dwelt H3427 safely, H983 every man H376 under his vine H1612 and under his fig tree, H8384 from Dan H1835 even to Beersheba, H884 all the days H3117 of Solomon. H8010

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:3 - And when he saw H7200 that, he arose, H6965 and went H3212 for his life, H5315 and came H935 to Beersheba, H884 which belongeth to Judah, H3063 and left H3240 his servant H5288 there.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:1 - In the seventh H7651 year H8141 of Jehu H3058 Jehoash H3060 began to reign; H4427 and forty H705 years H8141 reigned H4427 he in Jerusalem. H3389 And his mother's H517 name H8034 was Zibiah H6645 of Beersheba. H884

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - And he brought H935 all the priests H3548 out of the cities H5892 of Judah, H3063 and defiled H2930 the high places H1116 where the priests H3548 had burned incense, H6999 from Geba H1387 to Beersheba, H884 and brake down H5422 the high places H1116 of the gates H8179 that were in the entering in H6607 of the gate H8179 of Joshua H3091 the governor H8269 of the city, H5892 which were on a man's H376 left hand H8040 at the gate H8179 of the city. H5892

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:28 - And they dwelt H3427 at Beersheba, H884 and Moladah, H4137 and Hazarshual, H2705

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:2 - And David H1732 said H559 to Joab H3097 and to the rulers H8269 of the people, H5971 Go, H3212 number H5608 Israel H3478 from Beersheba H884 even to Dan; H1835 and bring H935 the number H4557 of them to me, that I may know H3045 it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:4 - And Jehoshaphat H3092 dwelt H3427 at Jerusalem: H3389 and he went out H3318 again H7725 through the people H5971 from Beersheba H884 to mount H2022 Ephraim, H669 and brought them back H7725 unto the LORD H3068 God H430 of their fathers. H1

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1 - Joash H3101 was seven H7651 years H8141 old H1121 when he began to reign, H4427 and he reigned H4427 forty H705 years H8141 in Jerusalem. H3389 His mother's H517 name H8034 also was Zibiah H6645 of Beersheba. H884

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:5 - So they established H5975 a decree H1697 to make proclamation H5674 H6963 throughout all Israel, H3478 from Beersheba H884 even to Dan, H1835 that they should come H935 to keep H6213 the passover H6453 unto the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 at Jerusalem: H3389 for they had not done H6213 it of a long H7230 time in such sort as it was written. H3789

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:27 - And at Hazarshual, H2705 and at Beersheba, H884 and in the villages H1323 thereof,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:30 - Zanoah, H2182 Adullam, H5725 and in their villages, H2691 at Lachish, H3923 and the fields H7704 thereof, at Azekah, H5825 and in the villages H1323 thereof. And they dwelt H2583 from Beersheba H884 unto the valley H1516 of Hinnom. H2011

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:5 - But seek H1875 not Bethel, H1008 nor enter H935 into Gilgal, H1537 and pass H5674 not to Beersheba: H884 for Gilgal H1537 shall surely H1540 go into captivity, H1540 and Bethel H1008 shall come to nought. H205

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:14 - They that swear H7650 by the sin H819 of Samaria, H8111 and say, H559 Thy god, H430 O Dan, H1835 liveth; H2416 and, The manner H1870 of Beersheba H884 liveth; H2416 even they shall fall, H5307 and never rise up H6965 again.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
KJV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
KJV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan