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Lexicon :: Strong's H1295 - bᵊrēḵâ

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בְּרֵכָה
Transliteration
bᵊrēḵâ
Pronunciation
ber-ay-kaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 285c

Strong’s Definitions

בְּרֵכָה bᵉrêkâh, ber-ay-kaw'; from H1288; a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place):—(fish-) pool.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H1295 in the following manner: pool (16x), fishpools (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H1295 in the following manner: pool (16x), fishpools (1x).

  1. pool, pond

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּרֵכָה bᵉrêkâh, ber-ay-kaw'; from H1288; a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place):—(fish-) pool.
STRONGS H1295: Abbreviations
† בְּרֵכָה noun feminine pool, pond (הברכה SI5; Arabic bdb014001; Sabean ברכת SabDenkm73; Aramaic בְּרֵיכְתָּא) — ב׳ 2 Samuel 2:13 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 4:12; 2 Kings 18:17 (= Isaiah 36:2) 2 Kings 20:20; Nehemiah 3:16; Isaiah 7:3; Isaiah 22:9, 11; construct בְּרֵכַת 2 Samuel 2:13; 1 Kings 22:38; Nehemiah 2:14; Nehemiah 3:15; Nahum 2:9; plural בְּרֵכוֺת Ecclesiastes 2:6; Songs 7:5.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

2:13; 2:13; 4:12

1 Kings

22:38

2 Kings

18:17; 20:20

Nehemiah

2:14; 3:15; 3:16

Ecclesiastes

2:6

Song of Songs

7:5

Isaiah

7:3; 22:9; 22:11; 36:2

Nahum

2:9

H1295

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1295 matches the Hebrew בְּרֵכָה (bᵊrēḵâ),
which occurs 17 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:13 - Joab son of Zeruiah and David’s men went out and met them at the pool of Gibeon. One group sat down on one side of the pool and one group on the other side.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:12 - So David gave an order to his men, and they killed them. They cut off their hands and feet and hung the bodies by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-Bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb at Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - They washed the chariot at a pool in Samaria (where the prostitutes bathed),[fn] and the dogs licked up his blood, as the word of the LORD had declared.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - The king of Assyria sent his supreme commander, his chief officer and his field commander with a large army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They came up to Jerusalem and stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Washerman’s Field.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:20 - As for the other events of Hezekiah’s reign, all his achievements and how he made the pool and the tunnel by which he brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:14 - Then I moved on toward the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was not enough room for my mount to get through;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:15 - The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Kol-Hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofing it over and putting its doors and bolts and bars in place. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Siloam,[fn] by the King’s Garden, as far as the steps going down from the City of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:16 - Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth Zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs[fn] of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Heroes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:6 - I made reservoirs to water groves of flourishing trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4 - Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon looking toward Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:3 - Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out, you and your son Shear-Jashub,[fn] to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:9 - You saw that the walls of the City of David were broken through in many places; you stored up water in the Lower Pool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:11 - You built a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the Old Pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or have regard for the One who planned it long ago.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - Then the king of Assyria sent his field commander with a large army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. When the commander stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:8 - Nineveh is like a pool whose water is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
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