בָּשַׂרbâsar

Meanings

Same root

• בְּשׂוֹרBᵉsôwr · H1308Besor, a stream of Palestine
• בְּשׂוֹרָהbᵉsôwrâh · H1309glad tidings; by implication, reward forgood news
• בָּשָׂרbâsâr · H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

Where it appears

Appears 24 times in the Bible.

• 1 Samuel 4:17 “Israel has been defeated by the Philistines,” the messenger replied. “The people have been slaughtered, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were also killed. And the Ark of God has been captured.”
• 1 Samuel 31:9 So they cut off Saul’s head and stripped off his armor. Then they proclaimed the good news of Saul’s death in their pagan temple and to the people throughout the land of Philistia.
• 2 Samuel 1:20 Don’t announce the news in Gath, don’t proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice and the pagans will laugh in triumph.
• 2 Samuel 4:10 Someone once told me, ‘Saul is dead,’ thinking he was bringing me good news. But I seized him and killed him at Ziklag. That’s the reward I gave him for his news!
• 2 Samuel 18:19 Then Zadok’s son Ahimaaz said, “Let me run to the king with the good news that the Lord has rescued him from his enemies.”
• 2 Samuel 18:20 “No,” Joab told him, “it wouldn’t be good news to the king that his son is dead. You can be my messenger another time, but not today.”