hebrew #875 - בְּאֵר beer (a well)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From ba'ar; a pit; especially a well -- pit, well.

see HEBREW ba'ar

Englishman's Concordance

Brown-Driver-Briggs

1a well, often as made by digging (חָפַר) Genesis 21:25,30 (E), Genesis 26:15,18,19,21,22,32 (all J), also in poetry Numbers 21:18 (+ כרה) see also Numbers 21:16; Numbers 21:17 (where the well addressed, in song, עֲלִי בְאֵר); also with כרה in prose Genesis 26:25; also with no reference to its origin Genesis 16:14 (J; "" עַיִןGenesis 16:7), Genesis 29:2; Exodus 2:15 (J) Numbers 20:17; Numbers 21:22 (E) 2 Samuel 17:18,21; בְּאֵר (ה)מַיִםGenesis 21:19 (E) Genesis 24:11 (J; "" עַיִןGenesis 24:13; Genesis 24:16; Genesis 24:43; Genesis 24:45); (compare also Genesis 21:25; Genesis 26:18 above & especially Genesis 26:19בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים); water taken from it by drawing (שָׁאַב) Genesis 24:11,20; flocks watered from it (הִשְׁקָהמִןֿ) Genesis 29:2,3,8,10 (compare especially Exodus 2:16they drew, דלה, and filled the troughs); also מִתּוֺךְ בְּאֵרֶ֑ךָ .... שְׁתֵה מַיִםProverbs 5:15 ("" בּוֺר); the opening called מִּי הַבְּאֵרGenesis 29:2,3(twice in verse); Genesis 29:8,10; compare ׳מְּנֵי הַבּ2 Samuel 17:19 (read probably מּי so ⅏ᵑ7ᵑ6ᵑ9, compare Dr); figurative of fresh delights of woman beloved Songs 4:15מַעְיַן גַּנִּים בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּיםוְנוֺזְלִים מִןלְֿבָנוֺן.

2pit (=בּוֺר); pits of bitumen Genesis 14:10 (compare above); בְּאֵר שַׁחַתPsalm 55:24pit of (the) grave; compare Psalm 69:16וְאַלתֶּֿאְטַר עָלַי בְּאֵר מִּיהָand let not (the) pit shut its mouth over me ("" מְצוּלָה); figurative of strange woman בְּאֵר צָרָהa narrow pit, out of which rescue is difficult Proverbs 23:27 ("" שׁוּחָהעֲמֻקָּה). 3 as

proper name, of a location a. with ָ  ה locative בְּאֵ֫רָה a station of Israel in desert Numbers 21:16, possibly=בְּאֵר אֵילִיםIsaiah 15:8.

b.same formJudges 9:21, according to Euseb. Lag^{Onom.238, 2nd ed. 250}8miles north of Eleutheropolis; compare Rob^{BR i. 452} who compare elBîreh, near Beth-shemesh.

בְּאֵר אֵילִים see בְּאֵר

3. a. above

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 875. בְּאֵר (beer) — 37 Occurrences

Genesis 14:10
HEB:וְעֵ֣מֶק הַשִׂדִּ֗ים בֶּֽאֱרֹ֤ת בֶּאֱרֹת֙ חֵמָ֔ר
NAS: was full of tar pits; and the kings
KJV: of Siddim [was full of] slimepits;
INT: now the valley of Siddim pits pits of tar

Genesis 14:10
HEB:הַשִׂדִּ֗ים בֶּֽאֱרֹ֤ת בֶּאֱרֹת֙ חֵמָ֔ר וַיָּנֻ֛סוּ
INT: of Siddim pits pits of tar fled

Genesis 16:14
HEB:כֵּן֙ קָרָ֣א לַבְּאֵ֔ר בְּאֵ֥ר לַחַ֖י
NAS: Therefore the well was called
KJV:Wherefore the well was called
INT: after that was called the well Beer-lahai-roi behold

Genesis 21:19
HEB:עֵינֶ֔יהָ וַתֵּ֖רֶא בְּאֵ֣ר מָ֑יִם וַתֵּ֜לֶךְ
NAS: and she saw a well of water;
KJV: and she saw a well of water;
INT: her eyes saw A well of water went

Genesis 21:25
HEB:עַל־ אֹדוֹת֙ בְּאֵ֣ר הַמַּ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: because of the well of water
KJV: because of a well of water,
INT: and because of the well of water which

Genesis 21:30
HEB:חָפַ֖רְתִּי אֶת־ הַבְּאֵ֥ר הַזֹּֽאת׃
NAS: to me, that I dug this well.
KJV: unto me, that I have digged this well.
INT: for dug well likewise

Genesis 24:11
HEB:לָעִ֖יר אֶל־ בְּאֵ֣ר הַמָּ֑יִם לְעֵ֣ת
NAS: the city by the well of water
KJV: by a well of water
INT: the city by the well of water time

Genesis 24:20
HEB:ע֛וֹד אֶֽל־ הַבְּאֵ֖ר לִשְׁאֹ֑ב וַתִּשְׁאַ֖ב
NAS: back to the well to draw,
KJV: and ran again unto the well to draw
INT: back to the well to draw drew

Genesis 26:15
HEB: וְכָל־ הַבְּאֵרֹ֗ת אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָֽפְרוּ֙
NAS: Now all the wells which his father's
KJV:For all the wells which his father's
INT: now all the wells which had dug

Genesis 26:18
HEB:וַיַּחְפֹּ֣ר ׀ אֶת־ בְּאֵרֹ֣ת הַמַּ֗יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר
NAS: dug again the wells of water which
KJV: again the wells of water,
INT: Isaac dug the wells of water which

Genesis 26:19
HEB:וַיִּ֨מְצְאוּ־ שָׁ֔ם בְּאֵ֖ר מַ֥יִם חַיִּֽים׃
NAS: there a well of flowing
KJV: and found there a well of springing
INT: and found there A well water of flowing

Genesis 26:20
HEB:וַיִּקְרָ֤א שֵֽׁם־ הַבְּאֵר֙ עֵ֔שֶׂק כִּ֥י
NAS: is ours! So he named the well Esek,
KJV: the name of the well Esek;
INT: called the name the well Esek because

Genesis 26:21
HEB: וַֽיַּחְפְּרוּ֙ בְּאֵ֣ר אַחֶ֔רֶת וַיָּרִ֖יבוּ
NAS: another well, and they quarreled
KJV: another well, and strove
INT: dug well another quarreled

Genesis 26:22
HEB:מִשָּׁ֗ם וַיַּחְפֹּר֙ בְּאֵ֣ר אַחֶ֔רֶת וְלֹ֥א
NAS: another well, and they did not quarrel
KJV: another well; and for that they strove
INT: there and dug well another did not

Genesis 26:25
HEB:עַבְדֵי־ יִצְחָ֖ק בְּאֵֽר׃
NAS: servants dug a well.
KJV: servants digged a well.
INT: servants Isaac's A well

Genesis 26:32
HEB:עַל־ אֹד֥וֹת הַבְּאֵ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָפָ֑רוּ
NAS: him about the well which
KJV: him concerning the well which they had digged,
INT: and concerning the well which had dug

Genesis 29:2
HEB:וַיַּ֞רְא וְהִנֵּ֧ה בְאֵ֣ר בַּשָּׂדֶ֗ה וְהִנֵּה־
NAS: He looked, and saw a well in the field,
KJV: And he looked, and behold a well in the field,
INT: looked and behold A well the field and behold

Genesis 29:2
HEB:כִּ֚י מִן־ הַבְּאֵ֣ר הַהִ֔וא יַשְׁק֖וּ
NAS: beside it, for from that well they watered
KJV: lying by it; for out of that well they watered
INT: for that well they watered

Genesis 29:2
HEB:עַל־ פִּ֥י הַבְּאֵֽר׃
NAS: on the mouth of the well was large.
KJV: stone [was] upon the well's mouth.
INT: beside the mouth of the well

Genesis 29:3
HEB:מֵעַל֙ פִּ֣י הַבְּאֵ֔ר וְהִשְׁק֖וּ אֶת־
NAS: from the mouth of the well and water
KJV: the stone from the well's mouth,
INT: from the mouth of the well and water the sheep

Genesis 29:3
HEB:עַל־ פִּ֥י הַבְּאֵ֖ר לִמְקֹמָֽהּ׃
NAS: in its place on the mouth of the well.
KJV: again upon the well's mouth
INT: on the mouth of the well place

Genesis 29:8
HEB:מֵעַ֖ל פִּ֣י הַבְּאֵ֑ר וְהִשְׁקִ֖ינוּ הַצֹּֽאן׃
NAS: from the mouth of the well; then we water
KJV: the stone from the well's mouth;
INT: from the mouth of the well water the sheep

Genesis 29:10
HEB:מֵעַל֙ פִּ֣י הַבְּאֵ֔ר וַיַּ֕שְׁקְ אֶת־
NAS: from the mouth of the well and watered
KJV: the stone from the well's mouth,
INT: from the mouth of the well and watered the flock

Exodus 2:15
HEB:וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב עַֽל־ הַבְּאֵֽר׃
NAS: of Midian, and he sat down by a well.
KJV: of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
INT: sat by A well

Numbers 20:17
HEB:נִשְׁתֶּ֖ה מֵ֣י בְאֵ֑ר דֶּ֧רֶךְ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ
NAS: water from a well. We will go
KJV: [of] the water of the wells: we will go
INT: drink water A well highway the king's

Numbers 21:16
HEB:בְּאֵ֑רָה הִ֣וא הַבְּאֵ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמַ֤ר
NAS: [they continued] to Beer, that is the well where
KJV: And from thence [they went] to Beer: that [is] the well whereof the LORD
INT: Beer that is the well where said

Numbers 21:17
HEB:הַזֹּ֑את עֲלִ֥י בְאֵ֖ר עֱנוּ־ לָֽהּ׃
NAS: song: Spring up, O well! Sing to it!
KJV: Spring up, O well; sing
INT: likewise Spring well sing

Numbers 21:18
HEB: בְּאֵ֞ר חֲפָר֣וּהָ שָׂרִ֗ים
NAS:The well, which the leaders sank,
KJV: digged the well, the nobles
INT:the well sank the leaders

Numbers 21:22
HEB:נִשְׁתֶּ֖ה מֵ֣י בְאֵ֑ר בְּדֶ֤רֶךְ הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙
NAS: water from wells. We will go
KJV: [of] the waters of the well: [but] we will go along
INT: drink water wells highway the king's

2 Samuel 17:18
HEB:בְּבַחוּרִ֗ים וְל֥וֹ בְאֵ֛ר בַּחֲצֵר֖וֹ וַיֵּ֥רְדוּ
NAS: in Bahurim, who had a well in his courtyard,
KJV: in Bahurim, which had a well in his court;
INT: of a man Bahurim well his courtyard went

2 Samuel 17:19
HEB:עַל־ פְּנֵ֣י הַבְּאֵ֔ר וַתִּשְׁטַ֥ח עָלָ֖יו
NAS: it over the well's mouth
KJV: a covering over the well's mouth,
INT: over mouth the well's and scattered over

2 Samuel 17:21
HEB:לֶכְתָּ֗ם וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ מֵֽהַבְּאֵ֔ר וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ וַיַּגִּ֖דוּ
NAS: that they came up out of the well and went
KJV: that they came up out of the well, and went
INT: had departed came of the well and went and told

Psalm 55:23
HEB:אֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ תּוֹרִדֵ֬ם ׀ לִבְאֵ֬ר שַׁ֗חַת אַנְשֵׁ֤י
NAS: will bring them down to the pit of destruction;
KJV: shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction:
INT: God will bring to the pit of destruction men

Psalm 69:15
HEB:תֶּאְטַר־ עָלַ֖י בְּאֵ֣ר פִּֽיהָ׃
NAS: me up, Nor the pit shut
KJV: swallow me up, and let not the pit shut
INT: shut and the pit mouth

Proverbs 5:15
HEB:וְ֝נֹזְלִ֗ים מִתּ֥וֹךְ בְּאֵרֶֽךָ׃
NAS: And fresh water from your own well.
KJV: out of thine own well.
INT: and fresh of well

Proverbs 23:27
HEB:עֲמֻקָּ֣ה זוֹנָ֑ה וּבְאֵ֥ר צָ֝רָ֗ה נָכְרִיָּֽה׃
NAS: is a narrow well.
KJV: and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.
INT: deep A harlot well narrow and an adulterous

Songs 4:15
HEB:מַעְיַ֣ן גַּנִּ֔ים בְּאֵ֖ר מַ֣יִם חַיִּ֑ים
NAS: spring, A well of fresh
KJV: of gardens, a well of living
INT: spring a garden A well water of fresh