בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע

be.er she.vaBeersheba
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place68 occurrences11 books33 verses
This is the name of the place Beersheba: Important city in southern Israel, associated with the patriarchs.

Definition

from H875 and H7651 (in the sense of H7650); well of an oath; Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Beer-shebah.

Glossary entries

Beersheba Shebah Sheba (Place) Shibah

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

68 total
  1. Genesis 21:14 (2×)בְּאֵ֥ר · of; שָֽׁבַע׃ · Beersheba
    Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
  2. Genesis 21:31 (2×)בְּאֵ֣ר; שָׁ֑בַע · Beersheba
    So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
  3. Genesis 21:32 (2×)בִּבְאֵ֣ר; שָׁ֑בַע · at Beersheba
    After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.
  4. Genesis 21:33 (2×)בִּבְאֵ֣ר; שָׁ֑בַע · in Beersheba
    And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.
  5. Genesis 22:19 (4×)בְּאֵ֣ר; שָׁ֑בַע · Beersheba; בִּבְאֵ֥ר · in; שָֽׁבַע׃פ · Beersheba
    Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.
  6. Genesis 26:23 (2×)בְּאֵ֥ר; שָֽׁבַע׃ · to Beersheba
    From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,
  7. Genesis 26:33 (2×)בְּאֵ֣ר; שֶׁ֔בַע · is Beersheba
    So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
  8. Genesis 28:10 (2×)מִבְּאֵ֣ר; שָׁ֑בַע · Beersheba
    Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
  9. Genesis 46:1 (2×)בְּאֵ֣רָה · to; שָּׁ֑בַע · Beersheba
    So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
  10. Genesis 46:5 (2×)מִבְּאֵ֣ר · from; שָׁ֑בַע · Beersheba
    Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.
  11. Joshua 15:28 (2×)וּבְאֵ֥ר; שֶׁ֖בַע · Beersheba
    Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
  12. Joshua 19:2 (2×)בְּאֵֽר־; שֶׁ֥בַע · Beersheba
    …and included Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,
  13. Judges 20:1 (2×)בְּאֵ֣ר; שֶׁ֔בַע · Beersheba
    Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
  14. 1 Samuel 3:20 (2×)בְּאֵ֣ר; שָׁ֑בַע · Beersheba
    So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
  15. 1 Samuel 8:2 (2×)בִּבְאֵ֥ר; שָֽׁבַע׃ · in Beersheba
    The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
  16. 2 Samuel 3:10 (2×)בְּאֵ֥ר; שָֽׁבַע׃ · Beersheba
    …to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”
  17. 2 Samuel 17:11 (2×)בְּאֵ֣ר; שֶׁ֔בַע · Beersheba
    Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
  18. 2 Samuel 24:2 (2×)בְּאֵ֣ר; שֶׁ֔בַע · Beersheba
    So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”
  19. 2 Samuel 24:7 (2×)בְּאֵ֥ר; שָֽׁבַע׃ · [to] Beersheba
    They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.
  20. 2 Samuel 24:15 (2×)בְּאֵ֣ר; שֶׁ֔בַע · Beersheba
    So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.
  21. 1 Kings 4:25 (2×)בְּאֵ֣ר; שָׁ֑בַע · Beersheba
    Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
  22. 1 Kings 19:3 (2×)בְּאֵ֥ר; שֶׁ֖בַע · to Beersheba
    And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
  23. 2 Kings 12:1 (2×)מִבְּאֵ֥ר · she was from; שָֽׁבַע׃ · Beersheba
    In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.
  24. 2 Kings 23:8 (2×)בְּאֵ֣ר; שָׁ֑בַע · Beersheba
    Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.