Word Study · Strong's H877 · Hebrew
בֹּאר
bor
bore
Strong's 1890 spelling: bôʼr
“a cistern”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a cistern
Rendered in the KJV as
cistern.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- בֹּאר֔וֹת1
- בֹּארֹת֙1
- מִבֹּ֥אר1
- מִבֹּ֤אר1
How it is rendered · 2
- cisterns2
- from [the] well of2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · feminine plural2
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfpa · 2
- HR/Ncmsc · 2
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 23:15מִבֹּ֥ארmiborpreposition + 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
- 2 Samuel 23:16מִבֹּ֤ארmiborpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near 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
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 2:13בֹּאר֔וֹתborotnoun · feminine plural“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.here: cisterns
- Jeremiah 2:13בֹּארֹת֙borotnoun · feminine plural“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.here: cisterns