H1309: בְּשׂוֹרָה
bᵉsôwrâh · pronounced bes-o-raw' · “good news”
Definition
glad tidings; by implication, reward forgood news
KJV translates it as: reward for tidings.
Word origin: or (shortened) בְּשֹׂרָה; feminine from H1319 (בָּשַׂר);
Extended definition
1a) good tidings
1b) tidings, news
1c) reward for good tidings
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H1309 is translated
- good news ×3
- news ×3
Bible verses with H1309 (bᵉsôwrâh)
Bᵉsôwrâh appears in 6 verses.
- 2 Samuel 4:10
When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
- 2 Samuel 18:20
And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king’s son is dead.
- 2 Samuel 18:22
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?
- 2 Samuel 18:25
And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.
- 2 Samuel 18:27
And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.
- 2 Kings 7:9
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.