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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 - And H7925➔ Abraham H85 rose up early ➔H7925 in the morning, H1242 and took H3947 bread, H3899 and a bottle H2573 of water, H4325 and gave H5414 it unto H413 Hagar, H1904 putting H7760 it on H5921 her shoulder, H7926 and H853 the child, H3206 and sent her away: H7971 and she departed, H3212 and wandered H8582 in the wilderness H4057 of Beersheba. H884 H884

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31 - Wherefore H5921 H3651 he called H7121 that H1931 place H4725 Beersheba; H884 H884 because H3588 there H8033 they sware H7650 both of them. H8147

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 - Thus they made H3772 a covenant H1285 at Beersheba: H884 H884 then H6965➔ Abimelech H40 rose up, ➔H6965 and Phichol H6369 the chief captain H8269 of his host, H6635 and they returned H7725 into H413 the land H776 of the Philistines. H6430

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:33 - And H5193➔ Abraham planted ➔H5193 a grove H815 in Beersheba, H884 H884 and called H7121 there H8033 on the name H8034 of the LORD, H3068 the everlasting H5769 God. H410

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - So H7725➔ Abraham H85 returned ➔H7725 unto H413 his young men, H5288 and they rose up H6965 and went H3212 together H3162 to H413 Beersheba; H884 H884 and H3427➔ Abraham H85 dwelt ➔H3427 at Beersheba. H884 H884

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:23 - And he went up H5927 from thence H8033 to Beersheba. H884 H884

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:33 - And he called H7121 it H853 Shebah: H7656 therefore H5921 H3651 the name H8034 of the city H5892 is Beersheba H884 H884 unto H5704 this H2088 day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10 - And H3318➔ Jacob H3290 went out ➔H3318 from Beersheba, H884 H884 and went H3212 toward Haran. H2771

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:1 - And H5265➔ Israel H3478 took his journey ➔H5265 with all H3605 that H834 he had, and came H935 to Beersheba, H884 H884 and offered H2076 sacrifices H2077 unto the God H430 of his father H1 Isaac. H3327

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:5 - And H6965➔ Jacob H3290 rose up ➔H6965 from Beersheba: H884 H884 and H5375➔ the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 carried ➔H5375 Jacob H3290 their father, H1 and H853 their little ones, H2945 and H853 their wives, H802 in the wagons H5699 which H834 Pharaoh H6547 had sent H7971 to carry H5375 him. H853

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:28 - And Hazarshual, H2705 H2705 and Beersheba, H884 H884 and Bizjothjah, H964

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:2 - And H1961➔ they had ➔H1961 in their inheritance H5159 Beersheba, H884 H884 or Sheba, H7652 and Moladah, H4137

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:1 - Then H3318➔ all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 went out, ➔H3318 and H6950➔ the congregation H5712 was gathered together ➔H6950 as H376➔ one H259 man, ➔H376 from Dan H1835 even to H5704 Beersheba, H884 H884 with H776➔ the H1568➔ land ➔H776 of Gilead, ➔H1568 unto H413 the LORD H3068 in Mizpeh. H4709

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20 - And H3045➔ all H3605 Israel H3478 from Dan H1835 even to H5704 Beersheba H884 H884 knew ➔H3045 that H3588 Samuel H8050 was established H539 to be a prophet H5030 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:2 - Now H1961 the name H8034 of his firstborn H1121 H1060 was Joel; H3100 and the name H8034 of his second, H4932 Abiah: H29 they were judges H8199 in Beersheba. H884

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10 - To translate H5674 the kingdom H4467 from the house H1004 of Saul, H7586 and to set up H6965 the throne H3678 of David H1732 over H5921 Israel H3478 and over H5921 Judah, H3063 from Dan H1835 even to H5704 Beersheba. H884 H884

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11 - Therefore H3588 I counsel H3289 that H622➔ all H3605 Israel H3478 be ➔H622➔ generally H622 gathered ➔H622 unto thee, H5921 from Dan H1835 even to H5704 Beersheba, H884 H884 as the sand H2344 that H834 is by H5921 the sea H3220 for multitude; H7230 and H6440➔ that thou go H1980 to battle H7128 in thine own person. ➔H6440

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - For H559➔ the king H4428 said ➔H559 to H413 Joab H3097 the captain H8269 of the host, H2428 which H834 was with him, H854 Go H7751 now H4994 through all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel, H3478 from Dan H1835 even to H5704 Beersheba, H884 H884 and number ye H6485 the people, H5971 that I may know H3045 the number H4557 of the people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7 - And came H935 to the strong hold H4013 of Tyre, H6865 and to all H3605 the cities H5892 of the Hivites, H2340 and of the Canaanites: H3669 and they went out H3318 to H413 the south H5045 of Judah, H3063 even to Beersheba. H884

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:15 - So H5414➔ the LORD H3068 sent ➔H5414 a pestilence H1698 upon Israel H3478 from the morning H1242 even to H5704 the time H6256 appointed: H4150 and there died H4191 of H4480 the people H5971 from Dan H1835 even to H5704 Beersheba H884 H884 seventy H7657 thousand H505 men. H376

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:25 - And H3427➔ Judah H3063 and Israel H3478 dwelt ➔H3427 safely, H983 every man H376 under H8478 his vine H1612 and under H8478 his fig tree, H8384 from Dan H1835 even to H5704 Beersheba, H884 H884 all H3605 the days H3117 of Solomon. H8010

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:3 - And when he saw H7200 that, he arose, H6965 and went H3212 for H413 his life, H5315 and came H935 to Beersheba, H884 H884 which H834 belongeth to Judah, H3063 and left H3240 his servant H5288 there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:1 - In the H8141➔ seventh H7651 year ➔H8141 of Jehu H3058 Jehoash H3060 began to reign; H4427 and forty H705 years H8141 reigned he H4427 in Jerusalem. H3389 And H8034➔ his mother's H517 name ➔H8034 was Zibiah H6645 of Beersheba. H884

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - And he brought H935 all H3605 the priests H3548 out of the cities H5892 of Judah, H3063 and defiled H2930 the high places H1116 where H834 the priests H3548 had burned incense, H6999 from Geba H1387 to H5704 Beersheba, H884 H884 and brake down H5422 the high places H1116 of the gates H8179 that H834 were in the entering in H6607 of the gate H8179 of Joshua H3091 the governor H8269 of the city, H5892 which H834 were on H5921 a man's H376 left hand H8040 at the gate H8179 of the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:28 - And they dwelt H3427 at Beersheba, H884 H884 and Moladah, H4137 and Hazarshual, H2705

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:2 - And H559➔ David H1732 said ➔H559 to H413 Joab H3097 and to H413 the rulers H8269 of the people, H5971 Go, H3212 number H5608 Israel H3478 from Beersheba H884 H884 even to H5704 Dan; H1835 and bring H935 the number of them H4557 to me, H413 that I may know H3045 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:4 - And H3427➔ Jehoshaphat H3092 dwelt ➔H3427 at Jerusalem: H3389 and H7725➔ he went out H3318 again ➔H7725 through the people H5971 from Beersheba H884 H884 to H5704 mount H2022 Ephraim, H669 and brought them back H7725 unto H413 the LORD H3068 God H430 of their fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1 - Joash H3101 was seven H7651 years H8141 old H1121 when he began to reign, H4427 and H705➔ he reigned H4427 forty ➔H705 years H8141 in Jerusalem. H3389 His mother's H517 name also H8034 was Zibiah H6645 of Beersheba. H884 H884

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:5 - So they established H5975 a decree H1697 to make proclamation H5674 H6963 throughout all H3605 Israel, H3478 from Beersheba H884 H884 even to H5704 Dan, H1835 that they should come H935 to keep H6213 the passover H6453 unto the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 at Jerusalem: H3389 for H3588 they had H6213➔ not H3808 done ➔H6213 it of a long H7230 time in such sort as it was written. H3789

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:27 - And at Hazarshual, H2705 H2705 and at Beersheba, H884 H884 and in the villages thereof, H1323

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:30 - Zanoah, H2182 Adullam, H5725 and in their villages, H2691 at Lachish, H3923 and the fields thereof, H7704 at Azekah, H5825 and in the villages thereof. H1323 And they dwelt H2583 from Beersheba H884 H884 unto H5704 the valley H1516 of Hinnom. H2011

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:5 - But H408➔ seek H1875 not ➔H408 Bethel, H1008 H1008 nor H3808 enter H935 into Gilgal, H1537 and H884➔ pass H5674 not H3808 to Beersheba: ➔ H884 H884 for H3588 Gilgal H1537 shall H1540➔ surely H1540 go into captivity, ➔H1540 and Bethel H1008 H1008 shall come H1961 to nought. H205

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:14 - They that swear H7650 by the sin H819 of Samaria, H8111 and say, H559 Thy god, H430 O Dan, H1835 liveth; H2416 and, H2416➔ The manner H1870 of Beersheba H884 H884 liveth; ➔H2416 even they shall fall, H5307 and never H3808 rise up H6965 again. H5750
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