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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Gen 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a [fn]skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the child, and sent her away. So she went and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba H884.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31 - Therefore he called that place Beersheba H884, because there the two of them swore an oath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 - So they cut a covenant at Beersheba H884; and Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, arose and returned to the land of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:33 - And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba H884, and there he called upon the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and walked together to Beersheba H884; and Abraham lived at Beersheba H884.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:23 -

And he went up from there to Beersheba H884.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:33 - So he called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba H884 to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10 -

Then Jacob departed from Beersheba H884 and went toward Haran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:1 -

So Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beersheba H884 and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:5 -

Then Jacob arose from Beersheba H884; and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob and their little ones and their wives in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:28 - and Hazar-shual and Beersheba H884 and Biziothiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:2 - So they had as their inheritance Beersheba H884 or [fn]Sheba and Moladah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:1 -

Then all the sons of Israel from Dan to Beersheba H884, including the land of Gilead, came out, and the congregation assembled as one man to Yahweh at Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20 - So all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba H884 knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:2 - The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judging in Beersheba H884.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10 - to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba H884.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11 - “But I counsel that all Israel be utterly gathered to you, from Dan even to Beersheba H884, as the sand that is by the sea in abundance, and that [fn]you personally go into battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - So the king said to Joab the commander of the military force who was with him, “Go about now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba H884, and [fn]take a census of the people, that I may know the total count of the people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7 - and came to the fortified city of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites, and they went out to the south of Judah, to Beersheba H884.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:15 -

So Yahweh [fn]sent a pestilence against Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and 70,000 men of the people from Dan to Beersheba H884 died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:25 - So Judah and Israel lived in security, every man under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba H884, all the days of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:3 - And he [fn]was afraid and arose and [fn]ran for his [fn]life and came to Beersheba H884, which belongs to Judah, and left his young man there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:1 -

In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba H884.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - Then he brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba H884; and he tore down the high places of the gates which were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the ruler of the city, which were on one’s left at the city gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:28 - They lived at Beersheba H884, Moladah, and Hazar-shual,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:2 - So David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba H884 even to Dan, and bring me word that I may know their total count.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:4 -

So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. Indeed, he returned and went out among the people from Beersheba H884 to the hill country of Ephraim and caused them to return back to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1 -

Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Zibiah from Beersheba H884.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:5 - So they established a decree to make a [fn]proclamation pass throughout all Israel from Beersheba H884 even to Dan, that they should come to celebrate the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem. For they had not celebrated it in great numbers as it was written.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:27 -

and in Hazar-shual, in Beersheba H884 and its towns,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:30 -

Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its towns. So they encamped from Beersheba H884 as far as the valley of Hinnom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:5 -

“But do not seek Bethel,

And do not come to Gilgal,

Nor cross over to Beersheba H884;

For Gilgal will certainly go into [fn]exile,

And Bethel will become [fn]evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:14 -

“As for those who swear by the [fn]guilt of Samaria,

Who say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan,’

And, ‘As the way of Beersheba H884 lives,’

They will fall and not rise again.”

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