Beer
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Beer

a well

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Beer

(a well).

  1. One of the latest halting-places of the Israelites, lying beyond the Arnon. (Numbers 21:16-18) This is possibly the BEER-ELIM of (Isaiah 15:8)
  2. A place to which Jotham, the son of Gideon, fled for fear of his brother Abimelech. (Judges 9:21)
ATS Bible Dictionary
Beer

A well,

1. A station of the Hebrews in Moab, where God gave them water, Numbers 21:16-18; Isaiah 15:8.

2. A town in Judah, according to Eusebius and Jerome a few miles west of Jerusalem, near Beth-shemesh. Jotham took refuge there from his brother Abimelech, Jud 9:21.

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Well.

(1.) A place where a well was dug by the direction of Moses, at the forty-fourth station of the Hebrews in their wanderings (Numbers 21:16-18) in the wilderness of Moab. (see WELL.)

(2.) A town in the tribe of Judah to which Jotham fled for fear of Abimelech (Judges 9:21). Some have identified this place with Beeroth.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.

2. (n.) A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
BEER

be'-er (be'er; phrear; Latin puteus = "well"):

(1) A station on the march of the Israelites to the North of the Arnon (Numbers 21:16). Here it was that they sang round the well this song: `Spring up O well; greet it with song, Well, that the princes have dug, The nobles of the people have bored, With the scepter-with their staves' (Numbers 21:16). The place is not identified.

(2) The town to which Jotham fled from his brother Abimelech after declaring his parable from Mt. Gerizim (Judges 9:21). This may be identical with BEEROTH, which see.

Topical Bible Verses
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
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Ephesians 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
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Leviticus 10:9
Do not drink wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest you die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
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Luke 21:34
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come on you unawares.
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Isaiah 5:22
Woe to them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
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Isaiah 5:11
Woe to them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
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Strong's Hebrew
883. Beer Lachay Roi -- "well of the living One that sees me," a ...
Beer Lachay Roi. 882, 883. Beer Lachay Roi. 884 . "well of the living
One that sees me," a place in the desert. Transliteration ...
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876. Beer -- "well," a place in the desert, also one in Palestine
... 875, 876. Beer. 877 . "well," a place in the desert, also one in Palestine.
Transliteration: Beer Phonetic Spelling: (be-ayr') Short Definition: Beer. ...
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879. Beer Elim -- "well of heroes," a city of Moab
Beer Elim. 878, 879. Beer Elim. 880 . "well of heroes," a city of Moab.
Transliteration: Beer Elim Phonetic Spelling: (be-ayr' ay ...
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1192. Baalath Beer -- "mistress of a well," a city in Simeon
Baalath Beer. 1191, 1192. Baalath Beer. 1193 . "mistress of a well,"
a city in Simeon. Transliteration: Baalath Beer Phonetic ...
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884. Beer Sheba -- "well of seven," a place in the Negev
Beer Sheba. 883, 884. Beer Sheba. 885 . "well of seven," a place in the
Negev. Transliteration: Beer Sheba Phonetic Spelling: (be ...
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875. beer -- a well, pit
... 874, 875. beer. 876 . a well, pit. Transliteration: beer Phonetic Spelling:
(be-ayr') Short Definition: well. ... 874, 875. beer. 876 . Strong's Numbers.
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47. abbir -- mighty, valiant
... 46, 47. abbir. 48 . mighty, valiant. Transliteration: abbir Phonetic Spelling:
(ab-beer') Short Definition: stallions. Word Origin ...
/hebrew/47.htm - 6k

4342. makbir -- abundance
... 4341, 4342. makbir. 4343 . abundance. Transliteration: makbir Phonetic Spelling:
(mak-beer') Short Definition: abundance. Word Origin from kabar, qv. abundance ...
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1306. Birsha -- a king of Gomorrah
... 1305, 1306. Birsha. 1307 . a king of Gomorrah. Transliteration: Birsha
Phonetic Spelling: (beer-shah') Short Definition: Birsha. ...
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1269. Birzoth -- a descendant of Asher
... 1268, 1269. Birzoth. 1270 . a descendant of Asher. Transliteration: Birzoth
Phonetic Spelling: (beer-zoth') Short Definition: Birzaith. ...
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Library

The Card Parties
... And when the report concerning his intense desire to become a man was circulated
among them, they urged him to drink beer, saying that it would make him more ...
/.../byrum/how john became a man/chapter v the card parties.htm

Chapter twenty-eight
... The first thing he noticed was a beer sign just across the alley. ... A strong
odor of beer floated up to Burns as he stood on the steps. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sheldon/in his steps/chapter twenty-eight.htm

A Few Nights after This, Diamond Woke up Suddenly...
... "Poor daddy! Baby's daddy takes too much beer and gin, and that makes him
somebody else, and not his own self at all. Baby's daddy ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 18 a few nights.htm

List of Authorities
... Barclay: City of the Great King. Beer: Leben Abraham's. Beer: Leben Mosis. Beer,
P.: Geschichte d. relig. Sekten d. Juden. Bengel: Gnomon Novi Testamenti. ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/list of authorities.htm

Drunkenness.
... Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one of the oldest and most successful Companies in the Northwest,
has lived for nearly forty years next neighbor to lager beer interests. ...
/.../judy/questionable amusements and worthy substitutes/ii drunkenness.htm

The Larger Part of Womankind, However, have had to Fight for ...
... These women are not exasperated merely at the amount of money that is wasted in
beer; they are exasperated also at the amount of time that is wasted in talk. ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 19 the larger part.htm

Leaving Home
... Because of this his tobacco and beer bills increased, and to this alarming expenditure
he added many accounts for whiskey. John had made a discovery. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/byrum/how john became a man/chapter vii leaving home.htm

Off Duty
... The tobacco smoke, the sickly smell of beer, and the coarse jests that fell upon
her ears; but her spirit rose to the attack in the name of the Lord, as the ...
/.../carpenter/the angel adjutant of twice born men/xiv off duty.htm

Thou Shalt not Steal.
... is to signify not only to empty our neighbor's coffer and pockets, but to be grasping
in the market, in all stores, booths, wine- and beer-cellars, workshops ...
//christianbookshelf.org/luther/the large catechism/thou shalt not steal.htm

Trophies of Grace
... At five years of age wee boy Shepherd was carried home drunk, for men had stood
him on a bench in the tap room and 'filled him up with beer.' He drank for ...
/.../carpenter/the angel adjutant of twice born men/xii trophies of grace.htm

Thesaurus
Beer (15 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BEER. ... Multi-Version Concordance Beer (15 Occurrences).
Genesis 16:14 Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. ...
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Beer-sheba (33 Occurrences)
Beer-sheba. Beersheba, Beer-sheba. Bees . Multi-Version Concordance
Beer-sheba (33 Occurrences). Genesis 21:14 And Abraham ...
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Beer-elim (1 Occurrence)
Beer-elim. Beerelim, Beer-elim. Beer-e'lim . Easton's Bible Dictionary
Well of heroes, probably the name given to Beer, the place ...
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Baalath-beer (2 Occurrences)
Baalath-beer. Baalathbeer, Baalath-beer. Ba'alath-beer . Easton's Bible
Dictionary ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BAALATH-BEER. ...
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Beer-lahai-roi (3 Occurrences)
Beer-lahai-roi. Beerlahairoi, Beer-lahai-roi. Beer-la'hai-roi . Easton's Bible
Dictionary ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BEER-LAHAI-ROI. ...
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Beer-la'hai-roi (3 Occurrences)
Beer-la'hai-roi. Beer-lahai-roi, Beer-la'hai-roi. Beer-la-hai-roi .
Multi-Version Concordance Beer-la'hai-roi (3 Occurrences). Genesis ...
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Baalath-beer-ramah (1 Occurrence)
Baalath-beer-ramah. Ba'alath-beer, Baalath-beer-ramah. Baalbec .
Multi-Version Concordance Baalath-beer-ramah (1 Occurrence). ...
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Ba'alath-beer (1 Occurrence)
Ba'alath-beer. Baalath-beer, Ba'alath-beer. Baalath-beer-ramah .
Multi-Version Concordance Ba'alath-beer (1 Occurrence). Joshua ...
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Beer-e'lim (1 Occurrence)
Beer-e'lim. Beer-elim, Beer-e'lim. Beeri . Multi-Version Concordance
Beer-e'lim (1 Occurrence). Isaiah 15:8 For the ...
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Beer-la-hai-roi (1 Occurrence)
Beer-la-hai-roi. Beer-la'hai-roi, Beer-la-hai-roi. Beeroth .
Multi-Version Concordance Beer-la-hai-roi (1 Occurrence). ...
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Bible Concordance
Beer (15 Occurrences)

Genesis 16:14 Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 24:62 Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived in the land of the South.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 25:11 It happened after the death of Abraham that God blessed Isaac, his son. Isaac lived by Beer Lahai Roi.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 21:16 From there they traveled to Beer: that is the well of which Yahweh said to Moses, "Gather the people together, and I will give them water."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 19:8 and all the villages that were around these cities to Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 9:21 Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and lived there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 1:15 And Hannah, answering him, said, No, my lord, I am a woman whose spirit is broken with sorrow: I have not taken wine or strong drink, but I have been opening my heart before the Lord.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
(WEB NIV)

Proverbs 31:4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?
(See NIV)

Isaiah 15:8 For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab; its wailing to Eglaim, and its wailing to Beer Elim.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 24:9 There is no more drinking of wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who take it.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 28:7 And even these through wine have erred, And through strong drink have wandered, Priest and prophet erred through strong drink, They have been swallowed up of the wine, They wandered because of the strong drink, They have erred in seeing, They have stumbled judicially.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 29:9 Be surprised and full of wonder; let your eyes be covered and be blind: be overcome, but not with wine; go with uncertain steps, but not because of strong drink.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 56:12 Come ye, I take wine, And we drink, quaff strong drink, And as this day hath been to-morrow, Great -- exceeding abundant!'
(See NIV)

Micah 2:11 If one is going 'with' the wind, And 'with' falsehood hath lied: 'I prophesy to thee of wine, and of strong drink,' He hath been the prophet of this people!
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Beer

Beer: A Station of the Israelites

Beer: A Town in the Territory of the Tribe of Judah

Related Terms

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Beer-elim (1 Occurrence)

Baalath-beer (2 Occurrences)

Beer-lahai-roi (3 Occurrences)

Beer-la'hai-roi (3 Occurrences)

Baalath-beer-ramah (1 Occurrence)

Ba'alath-beer (1 Occurrence)

Beer-e'lim (1 Occurrence)

Beer-la-hai-roi (1 Occurrence)

Beerelim (1 Occurrence)

Cistern (21 Occurrences)

Lahai (3 Occurrences)

Riseth (165 Occurrences)

Roi (3 Occurrences)

Beersheba (33 Occurrences)

Lahai-roi (2 Occurrences)

Beerlahairoi (1 Occurrence)

Abraham (2539 Occurrences)

Jotham (26 Occurrences)

Zib'iah (2 Occurrences)

Fox (2 Occurrences)

Turneth (249 Occurrences)

Entire (119 Occurrences)

Daughter-towns (17 Occurrences)

Double (49 Occurrences)

Mola'dah (4 Occurrences)

Mattanah (2 Occurrences)

Baalathbeer (1 Occurrence)

Bered (2 Occurrences)

Baalath (5 Occurrences)

Dwelleth (142 Occurrences)

Baal (94 Occurrences)

Hazar-shual (4 Occurrences)

Abim'elech (58 Occurrences)

Dependent (35 Occurrences)

Ramah (38 Occurrences)

Abimelech (63 Occurrences)

Well (2882 Occurrences)

Beeroth (7 Occurrences)

Oaths (49 Occurrences)

Negeb (37 Occurrences)

Negev (39 Occurrences)

Isaac (127 Occurrences)

Hazar-shaul (2 Occurrences)

Hamlets (38 Occurrences)

South (170 Occurrences)

Captains (159 Occurrences)

Waste (668 Occurrences)

Simeon (48 Occurrences)

Astray (116 Occurrences)

Oath (286 Occurrences)

Ruling (123 Occurrences)

Yeast (48 Occurrences)

Vinegar (11 Occurrences)

Zano'ah (4 Occurrences)

Kadeshbarnea (9 Occurrences)

Kadesh-barnea (9 Occurrences)

Unwalled (39 Occurrences)

Jeho'ash (16 Occurrences)

Judah's (18 Occurrences)

Jehu's (6 Occurrences)

Journeyeth (9 Occurrences)

Lad (66 Occurrences)

Living-places (17 Occurrences)

Lists (6 Occurrences)

Lamentation (45 Occurrences)

Liquor (5 Occurrences)

Leaveth (25 Occurrences)

Grain-cutting (19 Occurrences)

Water-spring (16 Occurrences)

Wail (50 Occurrences)

Waggons (9 Occurrences)

Walled (63 Occurrences)

Water-skin (1 Occurrence)

Intimation (4 Occurrences)

Israel's (72 Occurrences)

Inspect (22 Occurrences)

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