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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 - So Abraham H85 rose H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and took H3947 bread H3899 and a [fn]skin H2573 of water H4325 and gave H5414 them to Hagar, H1904 putting H7760 them on her shoulder, H7926 and gave her the boy, H3206 and sent H7971 her away. H7971 And she departed H1980 and wandered H8582 about in the wilderness H4057 of Beersheba. H884

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31 - Therefore H5921 H3651 he called H7121 that place H4725 Beersheba, H884 because H3588 there H8033 the two H8147 of them took H7650 an oath. H7650

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 - So they made H3772 a covenant H1285 at Beersheba; H884 and Abimelech H40 and Phicol, H6369 the commander H8269 of his army, H6635 arose H6965 and returned H7725 to the land H776 of the Philistines. H6430

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:33 - Abraham planted H5193 a tamarisk H815 tree H815 at Beersheba, H884 and there H8033 he called H7121 on the name H8034 of the LORD, H3068 the Everlasting H5769 God. H410

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - So Abraham H85 returned H7725 to his young H5288 men, H5288 and they arose H6965 and went H1980 together H3162 to Beersheba; H884 and Abraham H85 lived H3427 at Beersheba. H884

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:23 - Then he went H5927 up from there H8033 to Beersheba. H884

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:33 - So he called H7121 it Shibah; H7656 therefore H5921 H3651 the name H8034 of the city H5892 is Beersheba H884 to this H2088 day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10 - Then Jacob H3290 departed H3318 from Beersheba H884 and went H1980 toward Haran. H2771

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:1 - So Israel H3478 set H5265 out with all H3605 that he had, and came H935 to Beersheba, H884 and offered H2076 sacrifices H2077 to the God H430 of his father H1 Isaac. H3327

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:5 - Then Jacob H3290 arose H6965 from Beersheba; H884 and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 carried H5375 their father H1 Jacob H3290 and their little H2945 ones H2945 and their wives H802 in the wagons H5699 which H834 Pharaoh H6547 had sent H7971 to carry H5375 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:28 - and Hazar-shual H2705 and Beersheba H884 and Biziothiah, H964

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:2 - So they had H1961 as their inheritance H5159 Beersheba H884 or [fn]Sheba H7652 and Moladah, H4137

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:1 - Then all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 from Dan H1835 to Beersheba, H884 including the land H776 of Gilead, H1568 came H3318 out, and the congregation H5712 assembled H6950 as one H259 man H376 to the LORD H3068 at Mizpah. H4709

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20 - All H3605 Israel H3478 from Dan H1835 even to Beersheba H884 knew H3045 that Samuel H8050 was confirmed H539 as a prophet H5030 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10 - to transfer H5674 the kingdom H4467 from the house H1004 of Saul H7586 and to establish H6965 the throne H3678 of David H1732 over H5921 Israel H3478 and over H5921 Judah, H3063 from Dan H1835 even to Beersheba.” H884

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11 - “But I counsel H3289 that all H3605 Israel H3478 be surely H622 gathered H622 to you, from Dan H1835 even to Beersheba, H884 as the sand H2344 that is by the sea H3220 in abundance, H7230 and that [fn]you personally H6440 go H1980 into battle. H7128

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - The king H4428 said H559 to Joab H3097 the commander H8269 of the army H2428 who H834 was with him, “Go H7751 about H7751 now H4994 through all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel, H3478 from Dan H1835 to Beersheba, H884 and [fn]register H6485 the people, H5971 that I may know H3045 the number H4557 of the people.” H5971

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7 - and came H935 to the fortress H4013 of Tyre H6865 and to all H3605 the cities H5892 of the Hivites H2340 and of the Canaanites, H3669 and they went H3318 out to the south H5045 of Judah, H3063 to Beersheba. H884

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:15 - So the LORD H3068 [fn]sent H5414 a pestilence H1698 upon Israel H3478 from the morning H1242 until H5704 the appointed H4150 time, H6256 and seventy H7657 thousand H505 men H376 of the people H5971 from Dan H1835 to Beersheba H884 died. H4191

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:25 - So Judah H3063 and Israel H3478 lived H3427 in safety, H983 every H376 man H376 under H8478 his vine H1612 and his fig H8384 tree, H8384 from Dan H1835 even to Beersheba, H884 all H3605 the days H3117 of Solomon. H8010

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:3 - And he [fn]was afraid H3372 and arose H6965 and ran H1980 for his [fn]life H5315 and came H935 to Beersheba, H884 which H834 belongs to Judah, H3063 and left H5117 his servant H5288 there. H8033

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - Then he brought H935 all H3605 the priests H3548 from the cities H5892 of Judah, H3063 and defiled H2930 the high H1116 places H1116 where H834 H8033 the priests H3548 had burned H6999 incense, H6999 from Geba H1387 to Beersheba; H884 and he broke H5422 down H5422 the high H1116 places H1116 of the gates H8179 which H834 were at the entrance H6607 of the gate H8179 of Joshua H3091 the governor H8269 of the city, H5892 which H834 were on one’s H376 left H8040 at the city H5892 gate. H8179

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:28 - They lived H3427 at Beersheba, H884 Moladah H4137 and Hazar-shual, H2705

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:2 - So David H1732 said H559 to Joab H3097 and to the princes H8269 of the people, H5971 “Go, H1980 number H5608 Israel H3478 from Beersheba H884 even to Dan, H1835 and bring H935 me word that I may know H3045 their number.” H4557

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:4 - So Jehoshaphat H3092 lived H3427 in Jerusalem H3389 and went H3318 out again H7725 among the people H5971 from Beersheba H884 to the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669 and brought H7725 them back H7725 to the LORD, H3068 the God H430 of their fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1 - Joash H3060 was seven H7651 years H8141 old H1121 when he became H4427 king, H4427 and he reigned H4427 forty H705 years H8141 in Jerusalem; H3389 and his mother’s H517 name H8034 was Zibiah H6645 from Beersheba. H884

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:5 - So they established H5975 a decree H1697 to circulate H5674 a [fn]proclamation H6963 throughout all H3605 Israel H3478 from Beersheba H884 even to Dan, H1835 that they should come H935 to celebrate H6213 the Passover H6453 to the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 at Jerusalem. H3389 For they had not celebrated H6213 it in great H7230 numbers H7230 as it was [fn]prescribed. H3789

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:27 - and in Hazar-shual, H2705 in Beersheba H884 and its towns, H1323

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:30 - Zanoah, H2182 Adullam, H5725 and their villages, H2691 Lachish H3923 and its fields, H7704 Azekah H5825 and its towns. H1323 So they encamped H2583 from Beersheba H884 as far H5704 as the valley H1516 of Hinnom. H2011

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:5 - “But do not [fn]resort H1875 to Bethel H1008
And do not come H935 to Gilgal, H1537
Nor H3808 cross H5674 over H5674 to Beersheba; H884
For Gilgal H1537 will certainly H1540 go H1540 into captivity H1540
And Bethel H1008 will [fn]come H1961 to trouble. H205

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:14 - “As for those who swear H7650 by the [fn]guilt H819 of Samaria, H8111
Who say, H559 ‘As your god H430 lives, H2416 O Dan,’ H1835
And, ‘As the way H1870 of Beersheba H884 lives,’ H2416
They will fall H5307 and not rise H6965 again.” H5750
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