Word Study · Strong's H875 · Hebrew
בְּאֵר
beer
be-ayr'
Strong's 1890 spelling: bᵉʼêr
“a pit”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a pit; especially a well
Rendered in the KJV as
pit, well.
- 38occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 26inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 38 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 26
- בְּאֵ֣ר6
- הַבְּאֵ֖ר3
- הַבְּאֵ֔ר3
- בְאֵ֑ר2
- בְּאֵ֖ר2
- הַבְּאֵֽר׃2
- בְאֵ֣ר1
- בְאֵ֖ר1
- בְאֵ֛ר1
- בְּאֵ֞ר1
- בְּאֵֽר׃1
- בְּאֵרֶֽךָ׃1
and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 16
- the well12
- a well9
- a well of3
- [the] well of2
- [is] the well1
- [the] pit1
- [the] wells of1
- [was] pits1
- and [is] a well1
- from the well1
- O well1
- own well your1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 10
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular13
- noun · feminine singular11
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncfsa · 13
- HNcfsa · 11
- HNcfsc · 5
- HNcfpc · 3
- HC/Ncfsa · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp2ms · 1
- HR/Ncfsc · 1
- HR/Td/Ncfsa · 1
- HRd/Ncfsa · 1
- HTd/Ncfpa · 1
All 38, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis23 occurrences
- Genesis 14:10בֶּֽאֱרֹ֤תbeerotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.here: [was] pits
- Genesis 14:10בֶּאֱרֹת֙beerotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.here: pits of
- Genesis 16:14לַבְּאֵ֔רlabeerpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularTherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.here: to the well
- Genesis 21:19בְּאֵ֣רbeernoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.here: a well of
- Genesis 21:25בְּאֵ֣רbeernoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,here: [the] well of
- Genesis 21:30הַבְּאֵ֥רhabeerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularHe replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”here: the well
- Genesis 24:11בְּאֵ֣רbeernoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.here: [the] well of
- Genesis 24:20הַבְּאֵ֖רhabeerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.here: the well
- Genesis 26:15הַבְּאֵרֹ֗תhabeerotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralSo the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.here: the wells
- Genesis 26:18בְּאֵרֹ֣תbeerotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.here: [the] wells of
- Genesis 26:19בְּאֵ֖רbeernoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.here: a well of
- Genesis 26:20הַבְּאֵר֙habeerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularBut the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.here: the well
- Genesis 26:21בְּאֵ֣רbeernoun · feminine singularThen they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.here: a well
- Genesis 26:22בְּאֵ֣רbeernoun · feminine singularHe moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”here: a well
- Genesis 26:25בְּאֵֽר׃beernoun · feminine singularSo Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.here: a well
- Genesis 26:32הַבְּאֵ֖רhabeerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularOn that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.here: the well
- Genesis 29:2בְאֵ֣רveernoun · feminine singularHe looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.here: a well
- Genesis 29:2הַבְּאֵ֣רhabeerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularHe looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.here: the well
- Genesis 29:2הַבְּאֵֽר׃habeerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularHe looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.here: the well
- Genesis 29:3הַבְּאֵ֔רhabeerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularWhen all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.here: the well
- Genesis 29:3הַבְּאֵ֖רhabeerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularWhen all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.here: the well
- Genesis 29:8הַבְּאֵ֑רhabeerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularBut they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”here: the well
- Genesis 29:10הַבְּאֵ֔רhabeerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAs soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.here: the well
Numbers5 occurrences
- Numbers 20:17בְאֵ֑רveernoun · feminine singularPlease let us pass through your land. We will not cut through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”here: a well
- Numbers 21:16הַבְּאֵ֗רhabeerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularFrom there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.”here: [is] the well
- Numbers 21:17בְאֵ֖רveernoun · feminine singularThen Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well, all of you sing to it!here: O well
- Numbers 21:18בְּאֵ֞רbeernoun · feminine singularThe princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,here: a well
- Numbers 21:22בְאֵ֑רveernoun · feminine singular“Let us pass through your land. We will not cut through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.”here: a well
2 Samuel3 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 17:18בְאֵ֛רveernoun · feminine singularBut a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.here: a well
- 2 Samuel 17:19הַבְּאֵ֔רhabeerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen the man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well, scattering grain over it so nobody would know a thing.here: the well
- 2 Samuel 17:21מֵֽהַבְּאֵ֔רmehabeerpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAfter the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”here: from the well
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 55:23לִבְאֵ֬רliverpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.here: to [the] pit of
- Psalms 69:15בְּאֵ֣רbeernoun · feminine singularDo not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.here: [the] pit
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 5:15בְּאֵרֶֽךָ׃beerekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularDrink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.here: own well your
- Proverbs 23:27וּבְאֵ֥רuveerconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularFor a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.here: and [is] a well
Song of Solomon1 occurrence
Same headword in Strong's