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Lexicon :: Strong's H884 - bᵊ'ēr šeḇaʿ

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בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע
Transliteration
bᵊ'ēr šeḇaʿ
Pronunciation
be-ayr' sheh'-vah
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ, be-ayr' sheh'-bah; from H875 and H7651 (in the sense of H7650); well of an oath; Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine:—Beer-shebah.

Note by BLB: Strong's entry lists the pronunciation of this word with the "b" sound. This is incorrect. The ב (bet) does not have a daghesh lene so it is pronounced with a "v" sound. This is why the transliteration has a bar under the "b" (ḇ).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H884 in the following manner: Beersheba (34x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H884 in the following manner: Beersheba (34x).

  1. Beer-sheba = "well of the sevenfold oath"

    1. a city at the south edge of Israel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ, be-ayr' sheh'-bah; from H875 and H7651 (in the sense of H7650); well of an oath; Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine:—Beer-shebah.

Note by BLB: Strong's entry lists the pronunciation of this word with the "b" sound. This is incorrect. The ב (bet) does not have a daghesh lene so it is pronounced with a "v" sound. This is why the transliteration has a bar under the "b" (ḇ).

STRONGS H884: Abbreviations
† בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע proper name, of a location Beersheba (well of seven, explained Genesis 21:30, 31 as place of swearing by seven lambs, or, well of oath, see שְׁבֻעָה; compare same meaning otherwise derived Genesis 26:33) — בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע Genesis 26:33 + 13 times, בְּאֵרשֶֿׁבַע Joshua 19:2; בְּאֵר שָׁ֑בַע Genesis 21:14 + 18 times; בְּאֵ֫רָה שֶׁבַע (ָ  ה locative) Genesis 46:1 — south from Hebron, according to Onomasticon approximately 20 miles LagOnom. 103, 234, 2nd ed. 138, 248; modern Bîr-es-Seba, 12 hours from Hebron RobBR i. 204 f. Surveyiii. 394 Genesis 21:14, 31, 32, 33; Genesis 22:19 (twice in verse); Genesis 26:23, 33; Genesis 28:10; Genesis 46:1, 5; Joshua 15:28; Joshua 19:2; Judges 20:1; 1 Samuel 3:20; 1 Samuel 8:2; 2 Samuel 17:11; 2 Samuel 24:7; 1 Kings 19:3; 2 Kings 12:2; 2 Kings 23:8; Amos 5:5; 1 Chronicles 4:28; 2 Chronicles 19:4; 24:1; Nehemiah 11:27, 30; in phrase מִדָּן וְעַדבּֿ׳ from Dan to Beersheba (i.e. all the territory of Israel, see דָּן) Amos 8:14; Judges 20:1; 1 Samuel 3:20; 2 Samuel 3:10; 2 Samuel 17:11; 2 Samuel 24:2, 15; 1 Kings 5:5, & (only Chronicles) מִבְּאֵר שֶׁבַע וְעַדדָּֿן from Beersheba to Dan 1 Chronicles 21:2; 2 Chronicles 30:5.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

21:14; 21:14; 21:30; 21:31; 21:31; 21:32; 21:33; 22:19; 26:23; 26:33; 26:33; 26:33; 28:10; 46:1; 46:1; 46:5

Joshua

15:28; 19:2; 19:2

Judges

20:1; 20:1

1 Samuel

3:20; 3:20; 8:2

2 Samuel

3:10; 17:11; 17:11; 24:2; 24:7; 24:15

1 Kings

5:5; 19:3

2 Kings

12:2; 23:8

1 Chronicles

4:28; 21:2

2 Chronicles

19:4; 24:1; 30:5

Nehemiah

11:27; 11:30

Amos

5:5; 8:14

H884

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H884 matches the Hebrew בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע (bᵊ'ēr šeḇaʿ),
which occurs 68 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - And early in the morning Abraham got up, and gave Hagar some bread and a water-skin, and put the boy on her back, and sent her away: and she went, wandering in the waste land of Beer-sheba.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31 - So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 - So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:33 - And Abraham, after planting a holy tree in Beer-sheba, gave worship to the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - Then Abraham went back to his young men and they went together to Beer-sheba, the place where Abraham was living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:23 - And from there he went on to Beer-sheba.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:33 - And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10 - So Jacob went out from Beer-sheba to go to Haran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:1 - And Israel went on his journey with all he had, and came to Beer-sheba, where he made offerings to the God of his father Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:5 - Then Jacob went on from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Jacob took their father and their little ones and their wives in the carts which Pharaoh had sent for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:28 - And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:2 - And they had for their heritage Beer-sheba and Shema and Moladah

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:1 - Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20 - And it was clear to all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba that Samuel had been made a prophet of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:2 - The name of his first son was Joel and the name of his second Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10 - And if I do not take away the kingdom from the family of Saul and make David ruler over Israel and Judah from Dan as far as Beer-sheba!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11 - But my suggestion is that all Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, comes together to you, a great army like the sands of the sea in number; and that you yourself go out among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - And the king said to Joab and the captains of the army, who were with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, and have all the people numbered, so that I may be certain of the number of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7 - And to the walled town of Tyre, and to all the towns of the Hivites and the Canaanites: and they went out to the South of Judah at Beer-sheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:15 - So David made selection of the disease; and the time was the days of the grain-cutting, when the disease came among the people, causing the death of seventy thousand men from Dan as far as Beer-sheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:25 - So Judah and Israel were living safely, every man under his vine and his fig-tree, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:3 - And he got up, fearing for his life, and went in flight, and came to Beer-sheba in Judah, parting there from his servant;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:1 - In the seventh year of Jehu's rule, Jehoash became king; and he was ruling for forty years in Jerusalem; his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - And he made all the priests from the towns of Judah come into Jerusalem, and he made unclean the high places where the priests had been burning offerings, from Geba to Beer-sheba; and he had the high places of the evil spirits pulled down which were by the doorway of Joshua, the ruler of the town, on the left side of the way into the town.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:28 - And they were living at Beer-sheba and Moladah and Hazar-shual,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:2 - And David said to Joab and the captains of the people, Now let all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, be numbered; and give me word so that I may be certain of their number.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:4 - And Jehoshaphat was living in Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people, from Beer-sheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, guiding them back to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1 - Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he was ruling for forty years in Jerusalem: his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:5 - So it was ordered that word was to be sent out through all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, that they were to come to keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem: because they had not kept it in great numbers in agreement with the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:27 - And in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba and its daughter-towns,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:30 - Zanoah, Adullam and their daughter-towns, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its daughter-towns. So they were living from Beer-sheba to the valley of Hinnom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:5 - Do not be looking for help to Beth-el, and do not go to Gilgal, or make your way to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal will certainly be taken prisoner, and Beth-el will come to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:14 - Those who make their oaths by the sin of Samaria and say, By the life of your God, O Dan; and, By the living way of Beer-sheba; even they will go down, never again to be lifted up.
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