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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 68 times in 62 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 37:20–Jer 41:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:20 - “Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hands, and bring him back to his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:24 - Then they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:28 - Then Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:29 - Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:15 - “For indeed I was stolen away from the land of the Hebrews; and also I have done nothing here that they should put me into the dungeon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14 - Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; and he shaved, changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:29 - And it came to pass at midnight that the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33 - “And if a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls in it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:34 - “the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to their owner, but the dead animal shall be his.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - ‘Nevertheless a spring or a cistern, in which there is plenty of water, shall be clean, but whatever touches any such carcass becomes unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:11 - “houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant—when you have eaten and are full—

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - When the men of Israel saw that they were in danger (for the people were distressed), then the people hid in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in holes, and in pits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:22 - Then he also went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is at Sechu. So he asked, and said, “Where are Samuel and David?” And someone said, “Indeed they are at Naioth in Ramah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:26 - And when Joab had gone from David’s presence, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah. But David did not know it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 - Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel, who had done many deeds. He had killed two lion-like heroes of Moab. He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:14 - And he said, “Take them alive!” So they took them alive, and killed them at the well of Beth Eked, forty-two men; and he left none of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:31 - “Do not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: ‘Make peace with me by a present and come out to me; and every one of you eat from his own vine and every one from his own fig tree, and every one of you drink the waters of his own cistern;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:17 - And David said with longing, “Oh, that someone would give me a drink of water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - So the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless David would not drink it, but poured it out to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 - Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel, who had done many deeds. He had killed two lion-like heroes of Moab. He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10 - Also he built towers in the desert. He dug many wells, for he had much livestock, both in the lowlands and in the plains; he also had farmers and vinedressers in the mountains and in Carmel, for he loved the soil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - And they took strong cities and a rich land,
And possessed houses full of all goods,
Cisterns already dug, vineyards, olive groves,
And fruit trees in abundance.
So they ate and were filled and grew fat,
And delighted themselves in Your great goodness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 - He made a pit and dug it out,
And has fallen into the ditch which he made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:1 - A Psalm of David.

To You I will cry, O LORD my Rock:
Do not be silent to me,
Lest, if You are silent to me,
I become like those who go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:3 - O LORD, You brought my soul up from the grave;
You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:2 - He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of the miry clay,
And set my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:4 - I am counted with those who go down to the pit;
I am like a man who has no strength,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:6 - You have laid me in the lowest pit,
In darkness, in the depths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:7 - Answer me speedily, O LORD;
My spirit fails!
Do not hide Your face from me,
Lest I be like those who go down into the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 - Let us swallow them alive like Sheol,[fn]
And whole, like those who go down to the Pit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:15 - Drink water from your own cistern,
And running water from your own well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:17 - A man burdened with bloodshed will flee into a pit;
Let no one help him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - Remember your Creator before the silver cord is loosed,[fn]
Or the golden bowl is broken,
Or the pitcher shattered at the fountain,
Or the wheel broken at the well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:15 - Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol,
To the lowest depths of the Pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:19 - But you are cast out of your grave
Like an abominable branch,
Like the garment of those who are slain,
Thrust through with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the pit,
Like a corpse trodden underfoot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:22 - They will be gathered together,
As prisoners are gathered in the pit,
And will be shut up in the prison;
After many days they will be punished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:16 - “Do not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: ‘Make peace with me by a present and come out to me; and every one of you eat from his own vine and every one from his own fig tree, and every one of you drink the waters of his own cistern;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:18 - For Sheol cannot thank You,
Death cannot praise You;
Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 - “Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness,
You who seek the LORD:
Look to the rock from which you were hewn,
And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:7 - As a fountain wells up with water,
So she wells up with her wickedness.
Violence and plundering are heard in her.
Before Me continually are grief and wounds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:16 - When Jeremiah entered the dungeon and the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6 - So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the king’s[fn] son, which was in the court of the prison, and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire. So Jeremiah sank in the mire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:7 - Now Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon. When the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:9 - “My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon, and he is likely to die from hunger in the place where he is. For there is no more bread in the city.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:10 - Then the king commanded Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, saying, “Take from here thirty men with you, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon before he dies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11 - So Ebed-Melech took the men with him and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there old clothes and old rags, and let them down by ropes into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13 - So they pulled Jeremiah up with ropes and lifted him out of the dungeon. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:7 - So it was, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them and cast them into the midst of a pit, he and the men who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:9 - Now the pit into which Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had slain, because of Gedaliah, was the same one Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.

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