H877: בֹּאר
bôʼr · pronounced bore · “cistern”
Definition
a cistern
KJV translates it as: cistern.
Word origin: from H874 (בָּאַר);
Extended definition
cistern, pit, well
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H877 is translated
- the well of ×2
- cisterns ×2
Bible verses with H877 (bôʼr)
Bôʼr appears in 3 verses.
- 2 Samuel 23:15
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth–lehem, which is by the gate!
- 2 Samuel 23:16
And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth–lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.
- Jeremiah 2:13
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.