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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 Box Gen 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and taketh bread, and a bottle of water, and giveth unto Hagar (placing it on her shoulder), also the lad, and sendeth her out; and she goeth on, and goeth astray in the wilderness of Beer-Sheba;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31 - therefore hath he called that place 'Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 - And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech riseth -- Phichol also, head of his host -- and they turn back unto the land of the Philistines;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:33 - and Abraham planteth a tamarask in Beer-Sheba, and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah, God age-during;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - And Abraham turneth back unto his young men, and they rise and go together unto Beer-Sheba; and Abraham dwelleth in Beer-Sheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:23 - And he goeth up from thence to Beer-Sheba,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:33 - and he calleth it Shebah, oath, therefore the name of the city is Beer-Sheba, well of the oath, unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10 - And Jacob goeth out from Beer-Sheba, and goeth toward Haran,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:1 - And Israel journeyeth, and all that he hath, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, and sacrificeth sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:5 - And Jacob riseth from Beer-Sheba, and the sons of Israel bear away Jacob their father, And their infants, and their wives, in the waggons which Pharaoh hath sent to bear him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:28 - and Hazar-Shual, and Beer-Sheba, and Bizjothjah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:2 - and they have in their inheritance Beer-Sheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:1 - And all the sons of Israel go out, and the company is assembled as one man, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, and the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah, at Mizpeh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20 - and all Israel know, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, that Samuel is established for a prophet to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:2 - And the name of his first-born son is Joel, and the name of his second Abiah, judges in Beer-Sheba:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10 - to cause the kingdom to pass over from the house of Saul, and to raise up the throne of David over Israel, and over Judah, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11 - 'So that I have counselled: Let all Israel be diligently gathered unto thee, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude, and thou thyself art going in the midst;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - And the king saith unto Joab, head of the host that is with him, 'Go to and fro, I pray thee, through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, and inspect ye the people -- and I have known the number of the people.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7 - and they come in to the fortress of Tyre, and all the cities of the Hivite, and of the Canaanite, and go out unto the south of Judah, to Beer-Sheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:15 - And Jehovah giveth a pestilence on Israel from the morning even unto the time appointed, and there die of the people, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, seventy thousand men,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:25 - And Judah dwelleth -- and Israel -- in confidence, each under his vine, and under his fig-tree, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, all the days of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:3 - And he feareth, and riseth, and goeth for his life, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, that is Judah's, and leaveth his young man there,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:1 - In the seventh year of Jehu reigned hath Jehoash, and forty years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Zibiah of Beer-Sheba,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - And he bringeth in all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defileth the high places where the priests have made perfume, from Geba unto Beer-Sheba, and hath broken down the high places of the gates that are at the opening of the gate of Joshua, head of the city, that is on a man's left hand at the gate of the city;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:28 - And they dwell in Beer-Sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-Shaul,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:2 - And David saith unto Joab, and unto the heads of the people, 'Go, number Israel from Beer-Sheba even unto Dan, and bring unto me, and I know their number.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:4 - And Jehoshaphat dwelleth in Jerusalem, and he turneth back and goeth out among the people from Beer-Sheba unto the hill-country of Ephraim, and bringeth them back unto Jehovah, God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1 - A son of seven years is Joash in his reigning, and forty years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Zibiah of Beer-Sheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:5 - and they establish the thing, to cause to pass over an intimation into all Israel, from Beer-Sheba even unto Dan, to come in to make a passover to Jehovah, God of Israel, in Jerusalem, for not for a long time had they done as it is written.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:27 - and in Hazar-Shaul, and in Beer-Sheba and its small towns,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:30 - Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its small towns; and they encamp from Beer-Sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:5 - And seek not Beth-El, and Gilgal enter not, And Beer-Sheba pass not through, For Gilgal doth utterly remove, And Beth-El doth become vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:14 - Those swearing by the guilt of Samaria, And have said, Live doth thy god, O Dan, And, Live doth the way of Beer-Sheba, And they have fallen -- and rise not again!'
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