Word Study · Strong's H1308 · Hebrew
בְּשׂוֹר
Besor
bes-ore'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Bᵉsôwr
“Besor, a stream of Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Besor, a stream of Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Besor.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- הַבְּשׂ֑וֹר1
- הַבְּשׂ֔וֹר1
- הַבְּשֽׂוֹר׃1
How it is rendered · 1
- the Besor3
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Npl · 3
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
1 Samuel3 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 30:9הַבְּשׂ֑וֹרhabesorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behindhere: the Besor
- 1 Samuel 30:10הַבְּשֽׂוֹר׃habesorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.here: the Besor
- 1 Samuel 30:21הַבְּשׂ֔וֹרhabesorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him from the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,here: the Besor