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Lexicon :: Strong's H953 - bôr

Aa
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 2 / 2 (Lam 3:53–Zec 9:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:53 - They have cut off H6789 my life H2416 in the dungeon, H953 and cast H3034 a stone H68 upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:55

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:55 - I called upon H7121 thy name, H8034 O LORD, H3068 out of the H953➔ low H8482 dungeon. ➔ H953

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:20 - When I shall bring thee down H3381 with H854 them that descend H3381 into the pit, H953 with H413 the people H5971 of old time, H5769 and shall set thee H3427 in H776➔ the low parts of H8482 the earth, ➔H776 in places desolate H2723 of old, H5769 with H854 them that go down H3381 to the pit, H953 that H4616 thou be H3427➔ not H3808 inhabited; ➔H3427 and I shall 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 - To the end H4616 that H834 none H3808 of all H3605 the trees H6086 by the waters H4325 exalt themselves H1361 for their height, H6967 neither H3808 shoot up H5414 their top H6788 among H996 the thick boughs, H5688 neither H3808 their trees H352 stand up H5975 in their height, H1363 all H3605 that drink H8354 water: H4325 for H3588 they H3605➔ are H5414➔ all ➔H3605 delivered ➔H5414 unto death, H4194 to H413 the nether parts of H8482 the earth, H776 in the midst H8432 of the children H1121 of men, H120 with H413 them that go down H3381 to the pit. H953

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16 - I made H7493➔ the nations H1471 to shake ➔H7493 at the sound H6963 of his fall, H4658 when I cast H3381➔ him H853 down ➔H3381 to hell H7585 with H854 them that descend H3381 into the pit: H953 and H5162➔ all H3605 the trees H6086 of Eden, H5731 the choice H4005 and best H2896 of Lebanon, H3844 all H3605 that drink H8354 water, H4325 shall be comforted ➔H5162 in H776➔ the nether parts of H8482 the earth. ➔H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18 - Son H1121 of man, H120 wail H5091 for H5921 the multitude H1995 of Egypt, H4714 and cast them down, H3381 even her, H853 and the daughters H1323 of the H1471➔ famous H117 nations, ➔H1471 unto H413 the nether parts of H8482 the earth, H776 with H854 them that go down H3381 into 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 sides H3411 of the pit, H953 and H1961➔ her company H6951 is ➔H1961 round about H5439 her grave: H6900 all of them H3605 slain, H2491 fallen H5307 by the sword, H2719 which H834 caused 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 - There H8033 is Elam H5867 and all H3605 her multitude H1995 round about H5439 her grave, H6900 all of them H3605 slain, H2491 fallen H5307 by the sword, H2719 which H834 are gone down H3381 uncircumcised H6189 into H413 the nether parts of H8482 the earth, H776 which H834 caused H5414 their terror H2851 in the land H776 of the living; H2416 yet have they borne H5375 their shame H3639 with H854 them that go down H3381 to the pit. H953

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:25 - They have set H5414 her a bed H4904 in the midst H8432 of the slain H2491 with all H3605 her multitude: H1995 her graves H6913 are round about him: H5439 all of them H3605 uncircumcised, H6189 slain H2491 by the sword: H2719 though H3588 their terror H2851 was caused H5414 in the land H776 of the living, H2416 yet have they borne H5375 their shame H3639 with H854 them that go down H3381 to the pit: H953 he is put H5414 in the midst H8432 of them that be slain. H2491

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:29 - There H8033 is Edom, H123 her kings, H4428 and all H3605 her princes, H5387 which H834 with their might H1369 are laid H5414 by H854 them that were slain H2491 by the sword: H2719 they H1992 shall lie H7901 with H854 the uncircumcised, H6189 and with H854 them that go down H3381 to the pit. H953

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:30 - There H8033 be the princes H5257 of the north, H6828 all of them, H3605 and all H3605 the Zidonians, H6722 which H834 are gone down H3381 with H854 the slain; H2491 with their terror H2851 they are ashamed H954 of their might; H1369 and they lie H7901 uncircumcised H6189 with H854 them that be slain H2491 by the sword, H2719 and bear H5375 their shame H3639 with H854 them that go down H3381 to the pit. H953

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:11 - As for H1571➔ thee H859 also, ➔H1571 by the blood H1818 of thy covenant H1285 I have sent forth H7971 thy prisoners H615 out of the pit H953 wherein is no H369 water. H4325

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