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Lexicon :: Strong's H953 - bôr

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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 1 / 2 (Gen 37:20–Jer 41:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:20 - “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - “Don’t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:24 - and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:28 - So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels[fn] of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:29 - When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:15 - I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14 - So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon. When he had shaved and changed his clothes, he came before Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:29 - At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33 - “If anyone uncovers a pit or digs one and fails to cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:34 - the one who opened the pit must pay the owner for the loss and take the dead animal in exchange.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - A spring, however, or a cistern for collecting water remains clean, but anyone who touches one of these carcasses is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:11 - houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - When the Israelites saw that their situation was critical and that their army was hard pressed, they hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in pits and cisterns.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:22 - Finally, he himself left for Ramah and went to the great cistern at Seku. And he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “Over in Naioth at Ramah,” they said.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:26 - Joab then left David and sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern at Sirah. But David did not know it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 - Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, performed great exploits. He struck down Moab’s two mightiest warriors. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:14 - “Take them alive!” he ordered. So they took them alive and slaughtered them by the well of Beth Eked—forty-two of them. He left no survivor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:31 - “Do not listen to Hezekiah. This is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each of you will eat fruit from your own vine and fig tree and drink water from your own cistern,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:17 - David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 - Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, performed great exploits. He struck down Moab’s two mightiest warriors. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10 - He also built towers in the wilderness and dug many cisterns, because he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain. He had people working his fields and vineyards in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - They captured fortified cities and fertile land; they took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the full and were well-nourished; they reveled in your great goodness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 - Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:1 - Of David. To you, LORD, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:3 - You, LORD, brought me up from the realm of the dead; you spared me from going down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:2 - He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:4 - I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:6 - You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:7 - Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 - let’s swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:15 - Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:17 - Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder will seek refuge in the grave; let no one hold them back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - Remember him—before the silver cord is severed, and the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, and the wheel broken at the well,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:15 - But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:19 - But you are cast out of your tomb like a rejected branch; you are covered with the slain, with those pierced by the sword, those who descend to the stones of the pit. Like a corpse trampled underfoot,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:22 - They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished[fn] after many days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:16 - “Do not listen to Hezekiah. This is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each of you will eat fruit from your own vine and fig tree and drink water from your own cistern,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:18 - For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 - “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:7 - As a well pours out its water, so she pours out her wickedness. Violence and destruction resound in her; her sickness and wounds are ever before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:16 - Jeremiah was put into a vaulted cell in a dungeon, where he remained a long time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6 - So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the cistern; it had no water in it, only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:7 - But Ebed-Melek, a Cushite,[fn] an official[fn] in the royal palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. While the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:9 - “My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern, where he will starve to death when there is no longer any bread in the city.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:10 - Then the king commanded Ebed-Melek the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11 - So Ebed-Melek took the men with him and went to a room under the treasury in the palace. He took some old rags and worn-out clothes from there and let them down with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13 - and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:7 - When they went into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men who were with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:9 - Now the cistern where he threw all the bodies of the men he had killed along with Gedaliah was the one King Asa had made as part of his defense against Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the dead.

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