Strong's Lexicon bowr: Pit, cistern, well, dungeon Original Word: בּוֹר Word Origin: Derived from the root בָּאַר (ba'ar), meaning to dig or to bore. Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Strong's Greek 5421 (phrear): Refers to a well or pit, used in contexts such as John 4:11, "The woman said to Him, 'Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?'" Usage: The Hebrew word "bowr" primarily refers to a pit or a cistern. It is used in various contexts in the Old Testament, including natural pits, man-made cisterns for water storage, and metaphorically as a place of imprisonment or entrapment. The term can also denote a grave or a place of destruction. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, cisterns were essential for water storage, especially in arid regions. These were often large, dug-out pits lined with plaster to hold rainwater. Pits were also used as makeshift prisons or places of confinement, as seen in the narratives of Joseph and Jeremiah. The imagery of a pit often symbolizes danger, death, or Sheol (the realm of the dead) in Hebrew poetry and prophecy. Brown-Driver-Briggs בּוֺר noun masculineGenesis 37:20 pit, cistern, well (= בְּאֹר, MI בר, Arabic hole or hollow for cooking, Assyrian bûrtum DlPr 182, bûru LotzTP 169) — ׳בּ absolute Genesis 37:22 +; בֹּר Exodus 21:33 (2 Samuel 23:20 Qr, see באר above); construct בּוֺר 2 Kings 10:14 + (2 Samuel 23:15,16 Qr, see באר above); בֹּ֫רָה (ָ ה locative) Genesis 37:24; suffix בּוֺרוֺ Isaiah 36:16 = בֹּרוֺ 2 Kings 18:31; בּוֺרֶ֑ךָ Proverbs 5:15; plural בֹּרוֺת Genesis 37:20 3t.; בֹּרֹת Deuteronomy 6:11: — 1 cistern, containing water, made by digging (חצב) Deuteronomy 6:11; 2Chronicles 26:10; Nehemiah 9:25; also (without reference to origin) Proverbs 5:15 ("" בְּאֵר) Leviticus 11:36 ("" מַעִיָן), 1 Samuel 19:22; Isaiah 36:16 = 2 Kings 18:31. 2 later apparently well (= בְּאֵר) 1 Chronicles 11:17,18 #NAME? 2 Samuel 23:15,16 (yet now no well at Bethlehem RobBR i. 470, 473 compare also Surveyiii. 28 GuérinJudée i. 130), compare Ecclesiastes 12:6 & Jeremiah 6:7 Kt כְּהָקִיר בו֯ר מֵימֶיהָ as a well casteth out its water (Qr בַּיִר); but הקיר perhaps keep cool, fresh ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Hi Gf. 3 pit Exodus 21:33 (verb פתח), Exodus 21:33 (כרה), compare Exodus 21:34; compare figurative Psalm 7:16 of wickedness ("" שַׁחַת; verb כרה, חפר); 1 Samuel 13:6 as hiding-place; 2 Samuel 23:20 (Qr) = 1 Chronicles 11:22; 2 Kings 10:14 בּוֺר בֵּית עֵ֫קֶד; of pit into which Joseph was cast Genesis 37:20,22,24 (וְהַבּוֺר רֵק אֵין בּוֺ מ֑יִם) Genesis 37:28; Genesis 37:29; Genesis 37:29 (JE), compare further Jeremiah 41:7,9; figurative of Sarah as mother of Israel ׳מַקֶּבֶת בּ Isaiah 51:1; figurative of calamity Psalm 40:3 בּוֺר שָׁאוֺן; compare Psalm 88:7 תַּחְתִּיּוֺת ׳בּ. 4 dungeon (pit with no water in it Jeremiah 38:6; Zechariah 9:11 compare Genesis 37:24 above) Genesis 40:13; Genesis 41:14 (E) Isaiah 24:22; Jeremiah 38:6 (twice in verse) (אֵין מַיִם ׳בּ) Jeremiah 38:7; Jeremiah 38:9; Jeremiah 38:10; Jeremiah 38:11; Jeremiah 38:13; also בֵּית הַבּוֺר prison Exodus 12:29; Jeremiah 37:16; figurative of exile Zechariah 9:11 (מִבּוֺר אֵין מַיִם בּוֺ); compare also Lamentations 3:53,55. 5 (in poetry & late; never with article) pit of the grave Proverbs 28:17; so ׳אַבְנֵי ב stones of the pit Isaiah 14:19 (of sepulchre, walled with stones) & of Sh®°ôl Psalm 30:4 ("" שׁאול); ׳יַרְכְּתֵי ב loins of (the) pit, i.e. remotest pit Isaiah 14:15 ("" שׁאול) Ezekiel 32:23 especially in phrase יוֺרְדֵי בוֺר those going down to (the) pit Psalm 28:1; Psalm 143:7; Isaiah 38:18; Ezekiel 26:20; Ezekiel 32:25,29,30; also, ("" שׁאול), Psalm 88:5; Proverbs 1:12; further Ezekiel 26:20; Ezekiel 32:18,24 (all "" אֶרֶץ תַּחְתִּיּוֺת), Ezekiel 31:14,16 (both "" אֶרֶץ תַּחְתִּית; Ezekiel 31:14 "" also מָוֶת, Ezekiel 31:16 שְׁאוֺל). בּוֺר הַסִּרָה proper name, of a location 2 Samuel 3:26 (cistern of Sirah, Thes cist. declinationis, MV of the pot, see סיר). בּוֺר עָשָׁן (so read for ordinary ׳כור ע, see BDGn, p. vi. ᵐ5 ᵑ6) proper name, of a location 1 Samuel 30:30 (smoking pit), in southwest of Judah; elsewhere עָשָׁן q. v. בַּיִר Qr Jeremiah 6:7 see בּוֺר. above I. בּוֺר, cistern, see below באר. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well From buwr (in the sense of bo'r); a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison) -- cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well. see HEBREW buwr see HEBREW bo'r Forms and Transliterations ב֑וֹר ב֔וֹר ב֖וֹר ב֜וֹר בְּב֣וֹר בַּבּ֑וֹר בַּבּֽוֹר׃ בַבּוֹר֙ בֹּ֖ר בֹּר֣וֹת בֹּר֨וֹת בּ֔וֹר בּ֖וֹר בּ֗וֹר בּ֣וֹר בּ֤וֹר בּ֥וֹר בַּ֙יִר֙ בֽוֹר׃ בבור בבור׃ בוֹרֽוֹ׃ בור בור׃ בורו׃ ביר בר ברות הַבֹּ֑רָה הַבֹּ֖אר הַבֹּר֔וֹת הַבּ֑וֹר הַבּ֔וֹר הַבּ֖וֹר הַבּ֣וֹר ׀ הַבּ֤וֹר הַבּֽוֹר׃ הַבּוֹר֙ הבאר הבור הבור׃ הברה הברות וְהַבּ֗וֹר וְהַבּ֣וֹר וּב֛וֹר וּבַבֹּרֽוֹת׃ וּבַבּ֤וֹר וּבֹרֹ֤ת וּמִכְרֵה־ ובבור ובברות׃ ובור וברת והבור ומכרה־ מִבּ֔וֹר מִבּ֖וֹר מִבּ֣וֹר מִבּ֤וֹר מִבּ֥וֹר מִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָ מבור מבורך ba·yir bab·bō·wr ḇab·bō·wr babBor babbōwr ḇabbōwr bayir bə·ḇō·wr bəḇōwr beVor bō·rō·wṯ ḇō·w·rōw bō·wr ḇō·wr Bor bōr boRot bōrōwṯ bōwr ḇōwr ḇōwrōw hab·bō·rāh hab·bō·rō·wṯ hab·bō·wr hab·bōr habBor habbōr habBorah habbōrāh habboRot habbōrōwṯ habbōwr mib·bō·w·re·ḵā mib·bō·wr mibBor mibboRecha mibbōwr mibbōwreḵā ū·ḇab·bō·rō·wṯ ū·ḇab·bō·wr ū·ḇō·rōṯ ū·ḇō·wr ū·miḵ·rêh- ūḇabbōrōwṯ ūḇabbōwr ūḇōrōṯ ūḇōwr umichreh ūmiḵrêh- uvabBor uvabboRot uVor uvoRot vabbOr vehabBor Vor voRo wə·hab·bō·wr wəhabbōwrLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Genesis 37:20 HEB: וְנַשְׁלִכֵ֙הוּ֙ בְּאַחַ֣ד הַבֹּר֔וֹת וְאָמַ֕רְנוּ חַיָּ֥ה NAS: him into one of the pits; and we will say, KJV: him into some pit, and we will say, INT: and throw one of the pits will say beast Genesis 37:22 Genesis 37:24 Genesis 37:24 Genesis 37:28 Genesis 37:29 Genesis 37:29 Genesis 40:15 Genesis 41:14 Exodus 12:29 Exodus 21:33 Exodus 21:33 Exodus 21:34 Leviticus 11:36 Deuteronomy 6:11 1 Samuel 13:6 1 Samuel 19:22 2 Samuel 3:26 2 Samuel 23:20 2 Kings 10:14 2 Kings 18:31 1 Chronicles 11:17 1 Chronicles 11:18 1 Chronicles 11:22 2 Chronicles 26:10 67 Occurrences |