בְּאֵר שֶׁבַעBᵉʼêr Shebaʻ

proper name [of a location]: Beersheba, south from Hebron (Genesis 21:30; Genesis 21:31; Genesis 26:33; Joshua 19:2; Genesis 21:14)

Pronunciation: be-ayr' sheh'-bah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H884

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 68 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 21:14 So Abraham got up early the next morning, prepared food and a container of water, and strapped them on Hagar’s shoulders. Then he sent her away with their son, and she wandered aimlessly in the wilderness of Beersheba.
  • Genesis 21:31 Then he named the place Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”), because that was where they had sworn the oath.
  • Genesis 21:32 After making their covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech left with Phicol, the commander of his army, and they returned home to the land of the Philistines.
  • Genesis 21:33 Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he worshiped the Lord, the Eternal God.
  • Genesis 22:19 Then they returned to the servants and traveled back to Beersheba, where Abraham continued to live.
  • Genesis 26:23 From there Isaac moved to Beersheba,
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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).