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. 1 Chronicles 4:28 (2×)בִּבְאֵֽר־; שֶׁ֥בַע · in Beersheba
    They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,
  2. 1 Chronicles 21:2 (2×)מִבְּאֵ֥ר · from; שֶׁ֖בַע · Beersheba
    So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 19:4 (2×)מִבְּאֵ֥ר; שֶׁ֙בַע֙ · from Beersheba
    Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and once again he went out among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
  4. 2 Chronicles 24:1 (2×)מִבְּאֵ֥ר; שָֽׁבַע׃ · she was from Beersheba
    Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.
  5. 2 Chronicles 30:5 (2×)מִבְּאֵֽר־; שֶׁ֣בַע · from Beersheba
    So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it in great numbers as prescribed.
  6. Nehemiah 11:27 (2×)וּבִבְאֵ֥ר; שֶׁ֖בַע · in Beersheba
    …in Hazar-shual; in Beersheba and its villages;
  7. Nehemiah 11:30 (2×)מִבְּאֵֽר־; שֶׁ֖בַע · from Beersheba
    Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom.
  8. Amos 5:5 (2×)וּבְאֵ֥ר; שֶׁ֖בַע · to Beersheba
    Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.
  9. Amos 8:14 (2×)בְּאֵֽר־; שָׁ֑בַע · of Beersheba
    Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”