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bowr: cistern
Original Word: בֹּאר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: bowr
Phonetic Spelling: (bore)
Short Definition: cistern

בּוֺר noun masculineGenesis 37:20 pit, cistern, well (= בְּאֹר, MI בר, Arabic 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 3t.; בֹּרֹת Deuteronomy 6:11: —

1 cistern, containing water, made by digging (חצב) Deuteronomy 6:11; 2Chronicles 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 #NAME? 2 Samuel 23:15,16 (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 ᵐ5 ᵑ9 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 37:20,22,24 (וְהַבּוֺר רֵק אֵין בּוֺ מ֑יִם) Genesis 37:28; Genesis 37:29; Genesis 37:29 (JE), compare further Jeremiah 41:7,9; 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 3:53,55.

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 Sh®°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 32:25,29,30; also, ("" שׁאול), Psalm 88:5; Proverbs 1:12; further Ezekiel 26:20; Ezekiel 32:18,24 (all "" אֶרֶץ תַּחְתִּיּוֺת), Ezekiel 31:14,16 (both "" אֶרֶץ תַּחְתִּית; Ezekiel 31:14 "" also מָוֶת, Ezekiel 31:16 שְׁאוֺל).

בּוֺר הַסִּרָה proper name, of a location 2 Samuel 3:26 (cistern of Sirah, Thes cist. declinationis, MV of the pot, see סיר).

בּוֺר עָשָׁן (so read for ordinary ׳כור ע, see BDGn, p. vi. ᵐ5 ᵑ6)

proper name, of a location 1 Samuel 30:30 (smoking pit), in southwest of Judah; elsewhere עָשָׁן q. v.

בַּיִר Qr Jeremiah 6:7 see בּוֺר. above

I. בּוֺר, cistern, see below באר.





cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well

From buwr (in the sense of bo'r); a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison) -- cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.

see HEBREW buwr

see HEBREW bo'r

bū·qāh — 1 Occ.
ḇō·w·qêr — 1 Occ.
wə·lā·ḇūr — 1 Occ.
bab·bō·wr — 2 Occ.
ba·yir — 1 Occ.
bə·ḇō·wr — 1 Occ.
bō·wr — 8 Occ.
bō·rō·wṯ — 2 Occ.
hab·bō·wr — 17 Occ.
hab·bō·rāh — 1 Occ.
mib·bō·wr — 6 Occ.
mib·bō·w·re·ḵā — 1 Occ.
ū·miḵ·rêh- — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇab·bō·wr — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇab·bō·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇō·wr — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇō·rōṯ — 1 Occ.
ḇab·bō·wr — 1 Occ.
wə·hab·bō·wr — 2 Occ.
ḇō·wr — 17 Occ.


Strong's Hebrew 953
67 Occurrences


bab·bō·wr — 2 Occ.
ba·yir — 1 Occ.
bə·ḇō·wr — 1 Occ.
bō·wr — 8 Occ.
bō·rō·wṯ — 2 Occ.
hab·bō·wr — 17 Occ.
hab·bō·rāh — 1 Occ.
hab·bō·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
mib·bō·wr — 6 Occ.
mib·bō·w·re·ḵā — 1 Occ.
ū·miḵ·rêh- — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇab·bō·wr — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇab·bō·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇō·wr — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇō·rōṯ — 1 Occ.
ḇab·bō·wr — 1 Occ.
wə·hab·bō·wr — 2 Occ.
ḇō·wr — 17 Occ.
ḇō·w·rōw — 2 Occ.

Genesis 37:20
BIB: וְנַשְׁלִכֵ֙הוּ֙ בְּאַחַ֣ד הַבֹּר֔וֹת וְאָמַ֕רְנוּ חַיָּ֥ה
NAS: him into one of the pits; and we will say,
KJV: him into some pit, and we will say,
INT: and throw one of the pits will say beast

Genesis 37:22
BIB: אֹת֗וֹ אֶל־ הַבּ֤וֹר הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: him into this pit that is in the wilderness,
KJV: [but] cast him into this pit that [is] in the wilderness,
INT: Throw about pit this is in

Genesis 37:24
BIB: וַיַּשְׁלִ֥כוּ אֹת֖וֹ הַבֹּ֑רָה וְהַבּ֣וֹר רֵ֔ק
NAS: him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit
KJV: him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit
INT: took and threw the pit now the pit was empty

Genesis 37:24
BIB: אֹת֖וֹ הַבֹּ֑רָה וְהַבּ֣וֹר רֵ֔ק אֵ֥ין
NAS: him into the pit. Now the pit was empty,
KJV: him into a pit: and the pit [was] empty,
INT: and threw the pit now the pit was empty without

Genesis 37:28
BIB: יוֹסֵף֙ מִן־ הַבּ֔וֹר וַיִּמְכְּר֧וּ אֶת־
NAS: Joseph out of the pit, and sold
KJV: Joseph out of the pit, and sold
INT: Joseph out of the pit and sold Joseph

Genesis 37:29
BIB: רְאוּבֵן֙ אֶל־ הַבּ֔וֹר וְהִנֵּ֥ה אֵין־
NAS: returned to the pit, and behold,
KJV: returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph
INT: now Reuben to the pit and behold else

Genesis 37:29
BIB: אֵין־ יוֹסֵ֖ף בַּבּ֑וֹר וַיִּקְרַ֖ע אֶת־
NAS: Joseph was not in the pit; so he tore
KJV: and, behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent
INT: else Joseph the pit tore his garments

Genesis 40:15
BIB: שָׂמ֥וּ אֹתִ֖י בַּבּֽוֹר׃
NAS: that they should have put me into the dungeon.
KJV: that they should put me into the dungeon.
INT: should have put the dungeon

Genesis 41:14
BIB: וַיְרִיצֻ֖הוּ מִן־ הַבּ֑וֹר וַיְגַלַּח֙ וַיְחַלֵּ֣ף
NAS: and they hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon; and when he had shaved
KJV: and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved
INT: hurriedly out of the dungeon had shaved and changed

Exodus 12:29
BIB: אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּבֵ֣ית הַבּ֑וֹר וְכֹ֖ל בְּכ֥וֹר
INT: who court cistern and all the firstborn

Exodus 21:33
BIB: יִפְתַּ֨ח אִ֜ישׁ בּ֗וֹר א֠וֹ כִּֽי־
NAS: a man opens a pit, or digs
KJV: shall open a pit, or if a man
INT: opens A man A pit or If

Exodus 21:33
BIB: יִכְרֶ֥ה אִ֛ישׁ בֹּ֖ר וְלֹ֣א יְכַסֶּ֑נּוּ
NAS: digs a pit and does not cover
KJV: shall dig a pit, and not cover
INT: digs A man A pit and does not cover

Exodus 21:34
BIB: בַּ֤עַל הַבּוֹר֙ יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם כֶּ֖סֶף
NAS: the owner of the pit shall make restitution;
KJV: The owner of the pit shall make [it] good,
INT: the owner of the pit shall make money

Leviticus 11:36
BIB: אַ֣ךְ מַעְיָ֥ן וּב֛וֹר מִקְוֵה־ מַ֖יִם
NAS: a spring or a cistern collecting
KJV: Nevertheless a fountain or pit, [wherein there is] plenty
INT: Nevertheless A spring A cistern collecting water

Deuteronomy 6:11
BIB: לֹא־ מִלֵּאתָ֒ וּבֹרֹ֤ת חֲצוּבִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: and hewn cisterns which
KJV: [things], which thou filledst not, and wells digged,
INT: did not fill cisterns and hewn which

1 Samuel 13:6
BIB: וּבַסְּלָעִ֔ים וּבַצְּרִחִ֖ים וּבַבֹּרֽוֹת׃
NAS: in cliffs, in cellars, and in pits.
KJV: and in high places, and in pits.
INT: cliffs cellars pits

1 Samuel 19:22
BIB: וַיָּבֹא֙ עַד־ בּ֤וֹר הַגָּדוֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: as the large well that is in Secu;
KJV: to a great well that [is] in Sechu:
INT: and came far well as the large is in

2 Samuel 3:26
BIB: וַיָּשִׁ֥בוּ אֹת֖וֹ מִבּ֣וֹר הַסִּרָ֑ה וְדָוִ֖ד
NAS: and they brought him back from the well of Sirah;
KJV: which brought him again from the well of Sirah:
INT: Abner brought the well of Sirah David

2 Samuel 23:20
BIB: ק) בְּת֥וֹךְ הַבֹּ֖אר בְּי֥וֹם הַשָּֽׁלֶג׃
KJV: in the midst of a pit in time
INT: lion the middle of a pit day A snowy

2 Kings 10:14
BIB: וַֽיִּשְׁחָט֞וּם אֶל־ בּ֣וֹר בֵּֽית־ עֵ֗קֶד
NAS: and killed them at the pit of Beth-eked,
KJV: and slew them at the pit of the shearing house,
INT: and killed at the pit of Beth-eked and forty

2 Kings 18:31
BIB: אִ֥ישׁ מֵֽי־ בוֹרֽוֹ׃
NAS: each of the waters of his own cistern,
KJV: the waters of his cistern:
INT: each of the waters cistern

1 Chronicles 11:17
BIB: יַשְׁקֵ֣נִי מַ֔יִם מִבּ֥וֹר בֵּֽית־ לֶ֖חֶם
NAS: to drink from the well of Bethlehem,
KJV: of the water of the well of Bethlehem,
INT: give water the well of Bethlehem which

1 Chronicles 11:18
BIB: וַיִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ־ מַ֙יִם֙ מִבּ֤וֹר בֵּֽית־ לֶ֙חֶם֙
NAS: water from the well of Bethlehem
KJV: water out of the well of Bethlehem,
INT: and drew water the well of Bethlehem which

1 Chronicles 11:22
BIB: הָאֲרִ֛י בְּת֥וֹךְ הַבּ֖וֹר בְּי֥וֹם הַשָּֽׁלֶג׃
NAS: a lion inside a pit on a snowy day.
KJV: a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
INT: A lion inside A pit day A snowy

2 Chronicles 26:10
BIB: בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר וַיַּחְצֹב֙ בֹּר֣וֹת רַבִּ֔ים כִּ֤י
NAS: many cisterns, for he had
KJV: many wells: for he had much
INT: the wilderness and hewed cisterns many for

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