Word Study · Strong's H953 · Hebrew
בּוֹר
bor
bore
Strong's 1890 spelling: bôwr
“a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
Rendered in the KJV as
cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
- 66occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 18 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 42inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 66 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 42
- בֽוֹר׃9
- הַבּ֑וֹר5
- הַבּ֖וֹר4
- ב֔וֹר3
- הַבּ֔וֹר3
- ב֑וֹר2
- ב֖וֹר2
- בּ֣וֹר2
- בוֹרֽוֹ׃2
- מִבּ֥וֹר2
- בְּב֣וֹר1
- בַבּוֹר֙1
and 30 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 27
- [the] pit19
- the cistern8
- the pit7
- a pit4
- from [the] well of2
- from a pit of2
- in the pit2
- own cistern his2
- wells2
- [the] pit of1
- [was] in the pit1
- a cistern1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 16
- noun · masculine singular25
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular16
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)7
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · feminine plural2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 25
- HTd/Ncmsa · 16
- HR/Ncmsc · 7
- HRd/Ncmsa · 3
- HC/Td/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcfpa · 2
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 2
- HC/Ncfpa · 1
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HC/Rd/Ncfpa · 1
- HC/Rd/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
All 66, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Jeremiah10 of 66 · 15%
- Ezekiel10 of 66 · 15%
- Genesis9 of 66 · 14%
- Psalms7 of 66 · 11%
- Isaiah6 of 66 · 9%
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Genesis9 occurrences
- Genesis 37:20הַבֹּר֔וֹתhaborotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural“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!”here: the pits
- Genesis 37:22הַבּ֤וֹרhaborthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“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.here: the pit
- Genesis 37:24הַבֹּ֑רָהhaborahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.here: the pit towards
- Genesis 37:24וְהַבּ֣וֹרvehaborconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularand they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.here: and the pit
- Genesis 37:28הַבּ֔וֹרhaborthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo 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.here: the pit
- Genesis 37:29הַבּ֔וֹרhaborthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWhen Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,here: the pit
- Genesis 37:29בַּבּ֑וֹרbaborpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularWhen Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,here: [was] in the pit
- Genesis 40:15בַּבּֽוֹר׃baborpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularFor 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.”here: in the pit
- Genesis 41:14הַבּ֑וֹרhaborthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo 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.here: the pit
Exodus4 occurrences
- Exodus 12:29הַבּ֑וֹרhaborthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularNow 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.here: the cistern
- Exodus 21:33בּ֗וֹרbornoun · masculine singularIf a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,here: a pit
- Exodus 21:33בֹּ֖רbornoun · masculine singularIf a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,here: a pit
- Exodus 21:34הַבּוֹר֙haborthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularthe owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.here: the pit
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 13:6וּבַבֹּרֽוֹת׃uvaborotconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine pluralSeeing 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.here: and in the cisterns
- 1 Samuel 19:22בּ֤וֹרbornoun · masculine singularFinally, 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.here: a cistern
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 3:26מִבּ֣וֹרmiborpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)As 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.here: from [the] Cistern of
- 2 Samuel 23:20הַבֹּ֖ארhaborthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd 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.here: the pit
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 10:14בּ֣וֹרbornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then 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.here: [the] pit of
- 2 Kings 18:31בוֹרֽוֹ׃voronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularDo 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,here: own cistern his
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 11:17מִבּ֥וֹרmiborpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”here: from [the] well of
- 1 Chronicles 11:18מִבּ֤וֹרmiborpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)So 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,here: from [the] well of
- 1 Chronicles 11:22הַבּ֖וֹרhaborthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd 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.here: the pit
Psalms7 occurrences
- Psalms 7:15בּ֣וֹרbornoun · masculine singularHe has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.here: a pit
- Psalms 28:1בֽוֹר׃vornoun · masculine singularTo 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.here: of [the] pit
- Psalms 30:3בֽוֹר׃vornoun · masculine singularO LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.here: [the] pit
- Psalms 40:2מִבּ֥וֹרmiborpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)He 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.here: from a pit of
- Psalms 88:4ב֑וֹרvornoun · masculine singularI am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.here: [the] pit
- Psalms 88:6בְּב֣וֹרbevorpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.here: in a pit of
- Psalms 143:7בֽוֹר׃vornoun · masculine singularAnswer 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.here: [the] pit
Proverbs3 occurrences
- Proverbs 1:12בֽוֹר׃vornoun · masculine singularlet us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.here: [the] pit
- Proverbs 5:15מִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָmiborekhapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularDrink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.here: from own cistern your
- Proverbs 28:17בּ֥וֹרbornoun · masculine singularA man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.here: [the] pit
Isaiah6 occurrences
- Isaiah 14:15בֽוֹר׃vornoun · masculine singularBut you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.here: [the] pit
- Isaiah 14:19ב֖וֹרvornoun · masculine singularBut 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.here: [the] pit
- Isaiah 24:22בּ֔וֹרbornoun · masculine singularThey will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.here: a pit
- Isaiah 36:16בוֹרֽוֹ׃voronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularDo 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,here: own cistern his
- Isaiah 38:18ב֖וֹרvornoun · masculine singularFor Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.here: [the] pit
- Isaiah 51:1בּ֖וֹרbornoun · masculine singular“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.here: [the] pit
Jeremiah10 occurrences
- Jeremiah 37:16הַבּ֖וֹרhaborthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.here: the cistern
- Jeremiah 38:6הַבּ֣וֹר׀haborthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)So 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.here: the cistern of
- Jeremiah 38:6וּבַבּ֤וֹרuvaborconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularSo 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.here: and in the cistern
- Jeremiah 38:7הַבּ֑וֹרhaborthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularNow 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,here: the cistern
- Jeremiah 38:9הַבּ֑וֹרhaborthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“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.”here: the cistern
- Jeremiah 38:10הַבּ֖וֹרhaborthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo 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.”here: the cistern
- Jeremiah 38:11הַבּ֖וֹרhaborthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.here: the cistern
- Jeremiah 38:13הַבּ֑וֹרhaborthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularand they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.here: the cistern
- Jeremiah 41:7הַבּ֔וֹרhaborthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.here: the cistern
- Jeremiah 41:9וְהַבּ֗וֹרvehaborconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularNow the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.here: and the cistern
Lamentations2 occurrences
- Lamentations 3:53בַבּוֹר֙vaborpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThey dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.here: in the pit
- Lamentations 3:55מִבּ֖וֹרmiborpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.here: from a pit of
Ezekiel10 occurrences
- Ezekiel 26:20ב֜וֹרvornoun · masculine singularthen I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.here: [the] pit
- Ezekiel 26:20ב֔וֹרvornoun · masculine singularthen I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.here: [the] pit
- Ezekiel 31:14בֽוֹר׃ סvornoun · masculine singularThis happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’here: [the] pit
- Ezekiel 31:16ב֑וֹרvornoun · masculine singularI made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.here: [the] pit
- Ezekiel 32:18בֽוֹר׃vornoun · masculine singular“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:here: [the] pit
- Ezekiel 32:23ב֔וֹרvornoun · masculine singularHer graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword— those who once spread terror in the land of the living.here: [the] pit
- Ezekiel 32:24בֽוֹר׃vornoun · masculine singularElam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword— those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.here: [the] pit
- Ezekiel 32:25ב֔וֹרvornoun · masculine singularAmong the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.here: [the] pit
- Ezekiel 32:29בֽוֹר׃vornoun · masculine singularEdom is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit.here: [the] pit
- Ezekiel 32:30בֽוֹר׃vornoun · masculine singularAll the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.here: [the] pit