This word comes from the name of Sirah.
Definition
from H952 (in the sense of H877); a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
Traditional renderings: cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
Traditional renderings: cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
67 total
- Genesis 37:20הַבֹּר֔וֹת · of the pits“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
- Genesis 37:22הַבּ֤וֹר · pit“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
- Genesis 37:24 (2×)הַבֹּ֑רָה · into the pit; וְהַבּ֣וֹר · Now the pit…and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
- Genesis 37:28הַבּ֔וֹר · the pitSo when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
- Genesis 37:29 (2×)הַבּ֔וֹר · the pit; בַּבּ֑וֹרWhen Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
- Genesis 40:15בַּבּֽוֹר׃ · in this dungeonFor I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”
- Genesis 41:14הַבּ֑וֹר · the dungeonSo Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.
- Exodus 12:29הַבּ֑וֹרNow at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.
- Exodus 21:33 (2×)בּ֗וֹר; בֹּ֖ר · a pitIf a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
- Exodus 21:34הַבּוֹר֙ · of the pit…the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
- Leviticus 11:36וּב֛וֹר · or cisternNevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.
- Deuteronomy 6:11וּבֹרֹ֤ת · with wells…with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,
- 1 Samuel 13:6וּבַבֹּרֽוֹת׃ · and cisternsSeeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
- 1 Samuel 19:22בּ֤וֹר · cisternFinally, Saul himself left for Ramah and came to the large cistern at Secu, where he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “At Naioth in Ramah,” he was told.
- 2 Samuel 3:26מִבּ֣וֹר · from the wellAs soon as Joab had left David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah. But David was unaware of it.
- 2 Samuel 23:20הַבֹּ֖אר · a pitAnd Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
- 2 Kings 10:14בּ֣וֹר · the wellThen Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So his men took them alive, then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-eked—forty-two men. He spared none of them.
- 2 Kings 18:31בוֹרֽוֹ׃ · from his own cisternDo not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,
- 1 Chronicles 11:17מִבּ֥וֹר · from the wellDavid longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
- 1 Chronicles 11:18מִבּ֤וֹר · from the wellSo the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
- 1 Chronicles 11:22הַבּ֖וֹר · a pitAnd Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
- 2 Chronicles 26:10בֹּר֣וֹת · cisternsSince he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
- Nehemiah 9:25בֹּר֨וֹת · wellsThey captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.
- Psalm 7:15בּ֣וֹר · a holeHe has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
- Psalm 28:1בֽוֹר׃ · to the PitOf David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
- Psalm 30:3בֽוֹר׃ · into the PitO LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.
- Psalm 40:2מִבּ֥וֹר · from the pitHe lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
- Psalm 88:4ב֑וֹר · to the PitI am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
- Psalm 88:6בְּב֣וֹר · PitYou have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
- Psalm 143:7בֽוֹר׃ · to the PitAnswer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
- Proverbs 1:12בֽוֹר׃ · into the Pit…let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
- Proverbs 5:15מִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָ · from your own cisternDrink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
- Proverbs 28:17בּ֥וֹר · the PitA man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
- Ecclesiastes 12:6הַבּֽוֹר׃ · the wellRemember Him before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, before the pitcher is shattered at the spring and the wheel is broken at the well,
- Isaiah 14:15בֽוֹר׃ · of the PitBut you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
- Isaiah 14:19ב֖וֹר · pitBut you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.
- Isaiah 24:22בּ֔וֹר · a pitThey will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.
- Isaiah 36:16בוֹרֽוֹ׃ · from his own cisternDo not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,
- Isaiah 38:18ב֖וֹר · to the PitFor Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
- Isaiah 51:1בּ֖וֹר“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
- Jeremiah 6:7בְּוֵר · As a wellAs a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
- Jeremiah 37:16הַבּ֖וֹרSo Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
- Jeremiah 38:6 (2×)הַבּ֣וֹר׀ · the cistern; וּבַבּ֤וֹר · into the cisternSo they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
- Jeremiah 38:7הַבּ֑וֹר · the cisternNow Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
- Jeremiah 38:9הַבּ֑וֹר · the cistern“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”
- Jeremiah 38:10הַבּ֖וֹר · out of the cisternSo the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”