Bible Names

Besor: meaning of the name

Besor means “glad news; incarnation.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Besor in Hebrew and Greek

בְּשׂוֹר H1308

Bᵉsôwr (bes-ore') — Besor, a stream of Palestine

from H1319 (בָּשַׂר); cheerful;

Places named Besor

Besor in Scripture

“Besor” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Samuel 30:9

    So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.

  • 1 Samuel 30:10

    But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

  • 1 Samuel 30:21

    And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.