בְּאֵרbᵉʼêr
well, pit
Pronunciation: be-ayr' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H875
Meanings
1. a well (Genesis 21:25; Genesis 21:30; Genesis 26:15)
2. pit (Genesis 14:10; Psalms 55:24; Psalms 69:16)
3. as proper name [of a location]
b. elBîreh (Judges 9:21)
Same root
- בָּאַרbâʼar · H874to dig; by analogy, to engrave; figuratively, to explain
- בְּאֵרBᵉʼêr · H876Beer, a place in the Desert, also one in Palestine
- בְּאֵרָאBᵉʼêrâʼ · H878Beera, an Israelite
- בְּאֵר אֵלִיםBᵉʼêr ʼÊlîym · H879Beer-Elim, a place in the Desert
- בְּאֵרוֹתBᵉʼêrôwth · H881Beeroth, a place in Palestine
- בְּאֵרִיBᵉʼêrîy · H882Beeri, the name of a Hittite and of an Israelite
- בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִיBᵉʼêr la-Chay Rôʼîy · H883Beer-Lachai-Roi, a place in the Desert
- בְּאֵר שֶׁבַעBᵉʼêr Shebaʻ · H884Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine
Where it appears
Appears 38 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 14:10 As it happened, the valley of the Dead Sea was filled with tar pits. And as the army of the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into the tar pits, while the rest escaped into the mountains.
- Genesis 16:14 So that well was named Beer-lahai-roi (which means “well of the Living One who sees me”). It can still be found between Kadesh and Bered.
- Genesis 21:19 Then God opened Hagar’s eyes, and she saw a well full of water. She quickly filled her water container and gave the boy a drink.
- Genesis 21:25 Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had taken by force from Abraham’s servants.
- Genesis 21:30 Abraham replied, “Please accept these seven lambs to show your agreement that I dug this well.”
- Genesis 24:11 He made the camels kneel beside a well just outside the town. It was evening, and the women were coming out to draw water.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).