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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, 182 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:20 - “Now H6258 then, come H1980 and let’s kill H2026 him, and throw H7993 him into one H259 of the pits H953; and we will say H559, ‘A vicious H7451 animal H2416 devoured H398 him.’ Then we will see H7200 what H4100 will become H1961 of his dreams H2472!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - Then Reuben H7205 said H559 to them, “Shed H8210 no H408 blood H1818. Throw H7993 him into this H2088 pit H953 that is in the wilderness H4057, but do not lay H7971 a hand H3027 on him”—so H4616 that H4616 later he might rescue H5337 him out of their hands H3027, to return H7725 him to his father H1.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:24 - and they took H3947 him and threw H7993 him into the pit H953. Now the pit H953 was empty H7386, without H369 any water H4325 in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:28 - Then some H376 Midianite H4084 traders H5503 passed H5674 by H5674, so they pulled H4900 him out H4900 and lifted H5927 Joseph H3130 out of the pit H953, and sold H4376 [fn]him to the Ishmaelites H3459 for [fn]twenty H6242 shekels of silver H3701. So they brought H935 Joseph H3130 into Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:29 -

Now Reuben H7205 returned H7725 to the pit H953, and behold H2009, Joseph H3130 was not in the pit H953; so he tore H7167 his garments H899.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:15 - “For I was in H1589 fact H1589 kidnapped H1589 from the land H776 of the Hebrews H5680, and even H1571 here H6311 I have done H6213 nothing H3808 H3972 that they should have put H7760 me into the [fn]dungeon H953.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14 -

Then Pharaoh H6547 sent H7971 word and called H7121 for Joseph H3130, and they hurriedly H7323 brought H7323 him out of the dungeon H953; and when he had shaved H1548 himself and changed H2498 his clothes H8071, he came H935 to Pharaoh H6547.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:29 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961 at midnight H2677 H3915 that the LORD H3068 struck H5221 all H3605 the firstborn H1060 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714, from the firstborn H1060 of Pharaoh H6547 who sat H3427 on his throne H3678 to the firstborn H1060 of the captive H7628 who H834 was in the dungeon H1004 H953, and all H3605 the firstborn H1060 of cattle H929.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33 -

“Now if H3588 someone H376 opens H6605 a pit H953, or H176 [fn]digs H3738 a pit H953 and does not cover H3680 it, and an ox H7794 or H176 a donkey H2543 falls H5307 into it,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:34 - the owner H1167 of the pit H953 shall make H7999 restitution H7999; he shall [fn]give H7725 money H3701 to its owner H1167, and the dead H4191 animal shall become H1961 his.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - ‘Nevertheless H389, a spring H4599 or a cistern H953 [fn]collecting H4723 water H4325 shall be clean H2889, though the one who touches H5060 their carcass H5038 shall be H2930 unclean H2930.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:11 - and houses H1004 full H4392 of all H3605 good H2898 things H2898 which H834 you did not fill H4390, and carved H2672 cisterns H953 which H834 you did not carve H2672 out H2672, vineyards H3754 and olive H2132 trees H2132 which H834 you did not plant H5193, and you eat H398 and are H7646 satisfied H7646,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - When the men H376 of Israel H3478 saw H7200 that they were in trouble H6862 (for the people H5971 were hard-pressed H5065), then the people H5971 kept H2244 themselves hidden H2244 in caves H4631, in crevices H2336, in cliffs H5553, in crypts H6877, and in pits H953.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:22 - Then he went H1980 to Ramah H7414 himself H1931 and came H935 as far H5704 as the large H1419 well H953 that is in Secu H7906; and he [fn]asked H7592, “Where H375 are Samuel H8050 and David H1732?” And someone said H559, “Behold H2009, they are at Naioth H5121 in Ramah H7414.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:26 -

When Joab H3097 left H3318 David’s H1732 presence H5973, he sent H7971 messengers H4397 after H310 Abner H74, and they brought H7725 him back H7725 from the well H953 of Sirah H5626; but David H1732 did not know H3045 about it.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 -

Then Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077, the son H1121 of a valiant H2428 man H376 of Kabzeel H6909, who had done great H7227 deeds H6467, [fn]killed H5221 the [fn]two H8147 sons of Ariel H739 of Moab H4124. He also went H3381 down H3381 and killed H5221 a lion H738 in the middle H8432 of a pit H877 on a snowy H7950 day H3117.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:14 - Then he said H559, “Take H8610 them alive H2416.” So they took H8610 them alive H2416, and slaughtered H7819 them at the pit H953 of Beth-eked H1044, forty-two H705 H8147 men H376; and he left H7604 none H3808 H376 of them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:31 - ‘Do not listen H8085 to Hezekiah H2396, for this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 says H559: “Make H6213 [fn]your peace H1293 with me and come H3318 out H3318 to me, and eat H398, each H376 one, from his vine H1612 and each H376 from his fig H8384 tree H8384, and drink H8354, each H376 one, the waters H4325 of his own cistern H953,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:17 - And David H1732 had H183 a craving H183 and said H559, “Oh H4310 that someone H4310 would give H8248 me water H4325 to H8248 drink H8248 from the well H953 of Bethlehem H1035, which H834 is by the gate H8179!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - So the three H7969 broke H1234 through H1234 the camp H4264 of the Philistines H6430 and drew H7579 water H4325 from the well H953 of Bethlehem H1035 which H834 was by the gate H8179, and took H5375 it and brought H935 it to David H1732; however, David H1732 would H14 not drink H8354 it, but poured H5258 it out H5258 to the LORD H3068;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 -

Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077, the son H1121 of a warrior H376 H2428 of Kabzeel H6909, mighty H7227 in deeds H6467, struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 the [fn]two H8147 sons of Ariel H739 of Moab H4124. He also went H3381 down H3381 and struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 a lion H738 inside H8432 a pit H953 on a snowy H7950 day H3117.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10 - He also built H1129 towers H4026 in the wilderness H4057 and carved H2672 out H2672 many H7227 cisterns H953, for he had H1961 much H7227 livestock H4735, both in the [fn]lowland H8219 and in the plain H4334. He also had plowmen H406 and vinedressers H3755 in the hill H2022 country H2022 and the fertile H3759 fields H3759, for he loved H157 the soil H127.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 -

“They captured H3920 fortified H1219 cities H5892 and a [fn]fertile H8082 land H127.

They took H3423 possession H3423 of houses H1004 full H4392 of every H3605 good H2898 thing H2898,

Carved H2672 out H2672 cisterns H953, vineyards H3754, olive H2132 groves H2132,

Fruit H3978 trees H6086 in abundance H7230.

So they ate H398, were filled H7646 and put H8080 on H8080 fat H8080,

And lived H5727 luxuriously H5727 in Your great H1419 goodness H2898.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 -

He has dug H3738 a pit H953 and hollowed H2658 it out H2658,

And has fallen H5307 into the hole H7845 which he made H6466.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:1 -

A Psalm of David.

To You, LORD H3068, I call H7121;

My rock H6697, do not be H2790 deaf H2790 to me,

For if You are silent H2814 to me,

I will become H4911 like H4911 those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:3 -

LORD H3068, You have brought H5927 up H5927 my soul H5315 from [fn]Sheol H7585;

You have kept H2421 me alive H2421, [fn]that I would not go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:2 -

He brought H5927 me up H5927 out of the pit H953 of [fn]destruction H7588, out of the mud H3121;

And He set H6965 my feet H7272 on a rock H5553, making H3559 my footsteps H838 firm H3559.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:4 -

I am counted H2803 among H5973 those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953;

I have become H1961 like a man H1397 without H369 strength H353,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:6 -

You have put H7896 me in the lowest H8482 pit H953,

In dark H4285 places H4285, in the depths H4688.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:7 -

Answer H6030 me quickly H4118, LORD H3068, my spirit H7307 fails H3615;

Do not hide H5641 Your face H6440 from me,

Or I will be the same H4911 as those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 -

Let’s swallow H1104 them alive H2416 like Sheol H7585,

Even whole H8549, like those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:15 -

Drink H8354 water H4325 from your own cistern H953,

And [fn]fresh H5140 water H5140 from your own well H875.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:17 -

A person H120 who is burdened H6231 with the guilt of human H5315 blood H1818

Will [fn]be a fugitive H5127 until H5704 death H953; no H408 one is to support H8551 him!

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - Remember your Creator before H5704 H834 H3808 the silver H3701 cord H2256 is [fn]broken H7576 and the golden H2091 bowl H1543 is crushed H7533, the pitcher H3537 by the spring H4002 is shattered H7665 and the wheel H1534 at the cistern H953 is crushed H7533;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:15 -

“Nevertheless H389 you will be brought H3381 down H3381 to Sheol H7585,

To the recesses H3411 of the pit H953.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:19 -

“But you have been hurled H7993 out H7993 of your tomb H6913

Like [fn]a rejected H8581 branch H5342,

[fn]Clothed H3830 with those killed H2026 who have been pierced H2944 with a sword H2719,

Who go H3381 down H3381 to the stones H68 of the pit H953

Like a trampled H947 corpse H6297.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:22 -

They will be gathered H622 together H626

Like prisoners H616 in the [fn]dungeon H953,

And will be confined H5462 in H5462 prison H4525;

And after H4480 many H7230 days H3117 they will be punished H6485.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:16 - ‘Do not listen H8085 to Hezekiah H2396,’ for this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 says H559: ‘[fn]Surrender H6213 H1293 to me and come H3318 out H3318 to me, and eat H398, each H376 one H376, of his vine H1612 and each H376 of his fig H8384 tree H8384, and each H376 drink H8354 of the waters H4325 of his own cistern H953,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:18 -

“For Sheol H7585 cannot H3808 thank H3034 You,

Death H4194 cannot praise H1984 You;

Those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953 cannot H3808 hope H7663 for Your faithfulness H571.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 -

“Listen H8085 to Me, you who pursue H7291 righteousness H6664,

Who seek H1245 the LORD H3068:

Look H5027 to the rock H6697 from which you were cut H2672,

And to the [fn]quarry H953 H4718 from which you were dug H5365.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:7 -

“As a well H953 [fn]keeps H6979 its waters H4325 fresh H6979,

So H3651 she [fn]keeps H6979 fresh H6979 her wickedness H7451.

Violence H2555 and destruction H7701 are heard H8085 in her;

Sickness H2483 and wounds H4347 are constantly H8548 before H5921 H6440 Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:16 - For Jeremiah H3414 had come H935 into the [fn]dungeon H1004 H953, that is, the vaulted H2588 cell H2588; and Jeremiah H3414 stayed H3427 there H8033 many H7227 days H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6 - So they took H3947 Jeremiah H3414 and threw H7993 him into the cistern H953 of Malchijah H4441 the king’s H4428 son H1121, which H834 was in the courtyard H2691 of the guardhouse H4307; and they let H7971 Jeremiah H3414 down H7971 with ropes H2256. Now in the cistern H953 there H369 was H369 no H369 water H4325 but only mud H2916, and Jeremiah H3414 sank H2883 into the mud H2916.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:7 - But Ebed-melech H5663 the Ethiopian H3569, a [fn]eunuch H5631, while he was in the king’s H4428 palace H1004, heard H8085 that they had put H5414 Jeremiah H3414 in the cistern H953. Now the king H4428 was sitting H3427 at the Gate H8179 of Benjamin H1144;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:9 - “My lord H113 the king H4428, these H428 men H376 have acted H7489 wickedly H7489 in all H3605 that they have done H6213 to Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 whom H834 they have thrown H7993 into the cistern H953; and he will die H4191 right H8478 where H8478 he is because H4480 H6440 of the famine H7458, for there H369 is H369 no H369 more H5750 bread H3899 in the city H5892.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:10 - Then the king H4428 commanded H6680 Ebed-melech H5663 the Ethiopian H3569, saying H559, “Take H3947 thirty H7970 men H376 from here H2088 [fn]under your authority H3027 and bring H5927 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 up H5927 from the cistern H953 before H2962 he dies H4191.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11 - So Ebed-melech H5663 took H3947 the men H376 under his [fn]authority H3027 and went H935 into the king’s H4428 palace H1004 to a place beneath H8478 the storeroom H214, and took H3947 from there H8033 worn-out H1094 clothes H5499 and worn-out H1094 rags H4418, and let H7971 them down H7971 by ropes H2256 into the cistern H953 to Jeremiah H3414.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13 - So they pulled H4900 Jeremiah H3414 out H4900 with the ropes H2256 and lifted H5927 him out of the cistern H953, and Jeremiah H3414 stayed H3427 in the courtyard H2691 of the guardhouse H4307.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:7 - Yet it turned H1961 out H1961 that as soon as they came H935 inside H8432 the city H5892, Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418 and the men H376 who were with him slaughtered H7819 them and threw them into the cistern H953.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:9 -

Now as for the cistern H953 where H834 H8033 Ishmael H3458 had thrown H7993 all H3605 the bodies H6297 of the men H376 whom H834 he had struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 [fn]because H3027 of Gedaliah H1436, it was the one that King H4428 Asa H609 had constructed H6213 on H4480 H6440 account H4480 H6440 of H4480 H6440 Baasha H1201, king H4428 of Israel H3478; Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418 filled H4390 it with the dead H2491.


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