Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H877
בֹּאר
bor · “cistern”
Used 4 times across 2 books
Definition
cistern, pit, well
Where it appears
2 Samuel2
Jeremiah2
In the text
2 Samuel 23:15And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth–lehem, which is by the gate!2 Samuel 23:16And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth–lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.Jeremiah 2:13For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
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