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Lexicon :: Strong's H953 - bôr

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בּוֹר
Transliteration
bôr
Pronunciation
bore
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From בּוּר (H952) (in the sense of בֹּאר (H877))
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 194e

Strong’s Definitions

בּוֹר bôwr, bore; from H952 (in the sense of H877); a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison):—cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 69x

The KJV translates Strong's H953 in the following manner: pit (42x), cistern (4x), dungeon (11x), well (9x), dungeon (with H1004) (2x), fountain (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 69x
The KJV translates Strong's H953 in the following manner: pit (42x), cistern (4x), dungeon (11x), well (9x), dungeon (with H1004) (2x), fountain (1x).

  1. pit, well, cistern

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בּוֹר bôwr, bore; from H952 (in the sense of H877); a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison):—cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
STRONGS H953: Abbreviations
† בּוֺר noun masculineGenesis 37:20 pit, cistern, well (= בְּאֹר, MI בר, Arabic bdb009201 hole or hollow for cooking, Assyrian bûrtum DlPr 182, bûru LotzTP 169) — בּ׳ absolute Genesis 37:22 +; בֹּר Exodus 21:33 (2 Samuel 23:20 Qr, see באר above); construct בּוֺר 2 Kings 10:14 + (2 Samuel 23:15, 16 Qr, see באר above); בֹּ֫רָה (ָ  ה locative) Genesis 37:24; suffix בּוֺרוֺ Isaiah 36:16 = בֹּרוֺ 2 Kings 18:31; בּוֺרֶ֑ךָ Proverbs 5:15; plural בֹּרוֺת Genesis 37:20 + 3 times; בֹּרֹת Deuteronomy 6:11: —
1. cistern, containing water, made by digging (חצב) Deuteronomy 6:11; 2 Chronicles 26:10; Nehemiah 9:25; also (without reference to origin) Proverbs 5:15 (|| בְּאֵר) Leviticus 11:36 (|| מַעִיָן), 1 Samuel 19:22; Isaiah 36:16 = 2 Kings 18:31.
2. later apparently well (= בְּאֵר) 1 Chronicles 11:17, 18 — 2 Samuel 23:15, 2 Samuel 23:16 (yet now no well at Bethlehem RobBR i. 470, 473 compare also Surveyiii. 28 GuérinJudée i. 130), compare Ecclesiastes 12:6 & Jeremiah 6:7 Kt כְּהָקִיר בו֯ר מֵימֶיהָ as a well casteth out its water (Qr בַּיִר); but הקיר perhaps keep cool, fresh Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Hi Gf.
3. pit Exodus 21:33 (verb פתח), Exodus 21:33 (כרה), compare Exodus 21:34; compare figurative Psalm 7:16 of wickedness (|| שַׁחַת; verb כרה, חפר); 1 Samuel 13:6 as hiding-place; 2 Samuel 23:20 (Qr) = 1 Chronicles 11:22; 2 Kings 10:14 בּוֺר בֵּית עֵ֫קֶד; of pit into which Joseph was cast Genesis 37:20, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 37:24 (וְהַבּוֺר רֵק אֵין בּוֺ מ֑יִם) Genesis 37:28; Genesis 37:29; Genesis 37:29 (JE), compare further Jeremiah 41:7, Jeremiah 41:9; figurative of Sarah as mother of Israel מַקֶּבֶת בּ׳ Isaiah 51:1; figurative of calamity Psalm 40:3 בּוֺר שָׁאוֺן; compare Psalm 88:7 תַּחְתִּיּוֺת בּ׳.
4. dungeon (pit with no water in it Jeremiah 38:6; Zechariah 9:11 compare Genesis 37:24 above) Genesis 40:13; Genesis 41:14 (E) Isaiah 24:22; Jeremiah 38:6 (twice in verse) (אֵין מַיִם בּ׳) Jeremiah 38:7; Jeremiah 38:9; Jeremiah 38:10; Jeremiah 38:11; Jeremiah 38:13; also בֵּית הַבּוֺר prison Exodus 12:29; Jeremiah 37:16; figurative of exile Zechariah 9:11 (מִבּוֺר אֵין מַיִם בּוֺ); compare also Lamentations 3:53, Lamentations 3:55.
5. (in poetry & late; never with article) pit of the grave Proverbs 28:17; so אַבְנֵי ב׳ stones of the pit Isaiah 14:19 (of sepulchre, walled with stones) & of She’ôl Psalm 30:4 (|| שׁאול); יַרְכְּתֵי ב׳ loins of (the) pit, i.e. remotest pit Isaiah 14:15 (|| שׁאול) Ezekiel 32:23 especially in phrase יוֺרְדֵי בוֺר those going down to (the) pit Psalm 28:1; Psalm 143:7; Isaiah 38:18; Ezekiel 26:20; Ezekiel 32:25, Ezekiel 32:29, Ezekiel 32:30; also, (|| שׁאול), Psalm 88:5; Proverbs 1:12; further Ezekiel 26:20; Ezekiel 32:18, Ezekiel 32:24 (all || אֶרֶץ תַּחְתִּיּוֺת), Ezekiel 31:14, Ezekiel 31:16 (both || אֶרֶץ תַּחְתִּית; Ezekiel 31:14 || also מָוֶת, Ezekiel 31:16 שְׁאוֺל).

בַּיִר Qr Jeremiah 6:7 see בּוֺר above.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

37:20; 37:20; 37:20; 37:22; 37:22; 37:24; 37:24; 37:24; 37:28; 37:29; 37:29; 40:13; 41:14

Exodus

12:29; 21:33; 21:33; 21:33; 21:34

Leviticus

11:36

Deuteronomy

6:11; 6:11

1 Samuel

13:6; 19:22

2 Samuel

23:15; 23:15; 23:16; 23:16; 23:20; 23:20

2 Kings

10:14; 10:14; 18:31; 18:31

1 Chronicles

11:17; 11:18; 11:22

2 Chronicles

26:10

Nehemiah

9:25

Psalms

7:16; 28:1; 30:4; 40:3; 88:5; 88:7; 143:7

Proverbs

1:12; 5:15; 5:15; 28:17

Ecclesiastes

12:6

Isaiah

14:15; 14:19; 24:22; 36:16; 36:16; 38:18; 51:1

Jeremiah

6:7; 6:7; 37:16; 38:6; 38:6; 38:7; 38:9; 38:10; 38:11; 38:13; 41:7; 41:9

Lamentations

3:53; 3:55

Ezekiel

26:20; 26:20; 31:14; 31:14; 31:16; 31:16; 32:18; 32:23; 32:24; 32:25; 32:29; 32:30

Zechariah

9:11; 9:11

H953

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Strong's Number H953 matches the Hebrew בּוֹר (bôr),
which occurs 67 times in 62 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Lam 3:53–Zec 9:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:53 - They have silenced H6789 [fn]me in the pit H953
And have [fn]placed H3034 a stone H68 on me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:55

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:55 - I called H7121 on Your name, H8034 O LORD, H3068
Out of the lowest H8482 pit. H953

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:20 - then I will bring H3381 you down H3381 with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit, H953 to the people H5971 of old, H5769 and I will make you dwell H3427 in the lower H8482 parts H8482 of the earth, H776 like the ancient H5769 waste H2723 places, H2723 with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit, H953 so H4616 that you will not [fn]be inhabited; H3427 but I will set H5414 glory H6643 in the land H776 of the living. H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:14 - so H4616 that all H3605 the trees H6086 by the waters H4325 may not be exalted H1361 in their stature, H6967 nor H3808 set H5414 their top H6788 among H996 the [fn]clouds, H5645 nor H3808 their [fn]well-watered H8354 mighty H352 ones stand H5975 erect in their height. H6967 For they have all H3605 been given H5414 over to death, H4194 to the earth H776 beneath, H8482 among H8432 the sons H1121 of men, H120 with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit.” H953

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16 - “I made the nations H1471 quake H7493 at the sound H6963 of its fall H4658 when I made it go H3381 down H3381 to Sheol H7585 with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit; H953 and all H3605 the [fn]well-watered H8354 trees H6086 of Eden, H5731 the choicest H4005 and best H2896 of Lebanon, H3844 were comforted H5162 in the earth H776 beneath. H8482

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18 - “Son H1121 of man, H120 wail H5091 for the hordes H1995 of Egypt H4714 and bring H3381 it down, H3381 her and the daughters H1323 of the powerful H117 nations, H1471 to the nether H8482 world, H776 with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit; H953

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:23 - whose H834 graves H6913 are set H5414 in the remotest H3411 parts H3411 of the pit H953 and her company H6951 is round H5439 about H5439 her grave. H6900 All H3605 of them are slain, H2491 fallen H5307 by the sword, H2719 who H834 [fn]spread H5414 terror H2851 in the land H776 of the living. H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:24 - “Elam H5867 is there H8033 and all H3605 her hordes H1995 around H5439 her grave; H6900 all H3605 of them slain, H2491 fallen H5307 by the sword, H2719 who H834 went H3381 down H3381 uncircumcised H6189 to the lower H8482 parts H8482 of the earth, H776 who H834 instilled H5414 their terror H2851 in the land H776 of the living H2416 and bore H5375 their disgrace H3639 with those who went H3381 down H3381 to the pit. H953

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:25 - “They have made H5414 a bed H4904 for her among H8432 the slain H2491 with all H3605 her hordes. H1995 Her graves H6913 are around H5439 it, they are all H3605 uncircumcised, H6189 slain H2491 by the sword H2719 (although H3588 their terror H2851 was [fn]instilled H5414 in the land H776 of the living), H2416 and they bore H5375 their disgrace H3639 with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit; H953 [fn]they were put H5414 in the midst H8432 of the slain. H2491

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:29 - “There H8033 also is Edom, H123 its kings H4428 and all H3605 its [fn]princes, H5387 who H834 [fn]for all their might H1369 are laid H5414 with those slain H2491 by the sword; H2719 they will lie H7901 with the uncircumcised H6189 and with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit. H953

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:30 - “There H8033 also are the [fn]chiefs H5257 of the north, H6828 all H3605 of them, and all H3605 the Sidonians, H6722 who H834 in spite of the terror H2851 resulting from their might, H1369 in shame H954 went H3381 down H3381 with the slain. H2491 So they lay H7901 down H7901 uncircumcised H6189 with those slain H2491 by the sword H2719 and bore H5375 their disgrace H3639 with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit. H953

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:11 - As for you also, H1571 because of the blood H1818 of My covenant H1285 with you,
I have set H7971 your prisoners H615 free H7971 from the [fn]waterless H369 H4325 pit. H953

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