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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Strong's #884 - בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע

Transliteration

Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ

Phonetics

be-ayr' sheh'-bah

Origin

from (H875) and (H7651) (in the sense of (H7650))

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Beer-sheba = "well of the sevenfold oath"
1. a city at the south edge of Israel

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (34)

Genesis 11

Joshua 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 2

Amos 2

BSB (47)

Genesis 22

Joshua 4

Judges 2

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 4

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 6

Nehemiah 4

Amos 4

CSB (32)

Genesis 11

Joshua 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 2

Amos 2

ESV (34)

Genesis 11

Joshua 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 2

Amos 2

KJV (34)

Genesis 11

Joshua 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 2

Amos 2

LEB (34)

Genesis 11

Joshua 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 2

Amos 2

LSB (34)

Genesis 11

Joshua 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 2

Amos 2

N95 (34)

Genesis 11

Joshua 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 2

Amos 2

NAS (34)

Genesis 11

Joshua 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 2

Amos 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (32)

Genesis 9

Joshua 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 2

Amos 2

ASV (34)

and beer-sheba 1

and in beer-sheba 1

at beer-sheba 4

beer-sheba 2

even to beer-sheba 7

from beer-sheba 6

from thence to beer-sheba 1

in beer-sheba 1

is beer-sheba 1

not to beer-sheba 1

of beer-sheba 4

to beer-sheba 4

tree in beer-sheba 1

BSB (47)

at beersheba 1

beersheba 23

from 5

in 1

in beersheba 4

is beersheba 1

of 1

of beersheba 1

she was from 2

to 1

to beersheba 4

CSB (32)

beer-sheba 31

to beer-sheba 1

ESV (34)

beersheba 34

KJV (34)

beersheba 34

LEB (34)

at beersheba 2

beersheba 23

in beersheba 5

is beersheba 1

to beersheba 3

LSB (34)

beersheba 34

N95 (34)

beersheba 34

NAS (34)

beersheba 34

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (32)

and in beersheba 1

at beersheba 3

beersheba 3

even to beersheba 7

from beersheba 5

from there to beersheba 1

in beersheba 2

is beersheba 1

of beersheba 4

to beersheba 5

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע proper name, of a location Beersheba ( well of seven, explained Genesis 21:30,31as place of swearing by seven lambs, or, well of oath, see שְׁבֻעָה; compare same meaning otherwise derived Genesis 26:33) — בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע Genesis 26:33 13t., בְּאֵרשֶֿׁבַע Joshua 19:2; בְּאֵר שָׁ֑בַע Genesis 21:14 18t.; בְּאֵ֫רָה שֶׁבַע (ָ ה locative) Genesis 46:1 — south from Hebron, according to Onomasticon approximately 20 miles Lag^{Onom. 103,234, 2nd ed. 138,248}; modern Bîr- Esther -Seba, 12hours from Hebron Rob^{BR i. 204f.} Survey^{iii. 394} Genesis 21:14,31,32,33; Genesis 22:19 (twice in verse); Genesis 26:23,33; Genesis 28:10; Genesis 46:1,5; Joshua 15:28; Joshua 19:2; Judges 20:1; 1 Samuel 3:20; 1 Samuel 8:2; 2 Samuel 17:11; 2 Samuel 24:7; 1 Kings 19:3; 2 Kings 12:2; 2 Kings 23:8; Amos 5:5; 1 Chronicles 4:28; 2 Chronicles 19:4; 24:1; Nehemiah 11:27,30; in phrase ׳מִדָּן וְעַדבּֿ from Dan to Beersheba (i.e. all the territory of Israel, see דָּן) Amos 8:14; Judges 20:1; 1 Samuel 3:20; 2 Samuel 3:10; 2 Samuel 17:11; 2 Samuel 24:2,15; 1 Kings 5:5, & (only Chronicles) מִבְּאֵר שֶׁבַעוְעַדדָּֿן from Beersheba to Dan 1 Chronicles 21:2; 2 Chronicles 30:5.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע (“the well of the oath,” according to Genesis 21:31, 26:33 but see below[?]), [Beer-sheba], pr.n. of an ancient town situated on the southern border of Palestine (2 Samuel 24:7), whence the limits of the Holy Land are described, מִדּן עַד־בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, Judges 20:1 the limits of the kingdom of Judah are said to be מִגֶּבַע עַד־בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע 2 Kings 23:8. At present Seetzen states that there are found there five or seven wells called Szabחa, with a valley of the same name (see Zach, Correspondenz, xvii. 141). [Robinson, i. 303.]

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List of Word Forms

שֶׁ֔בַע שֶׁ֖בַע שֶׁ֙בַע֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שֶׁ֥בַע שָּׁ֑בַע שָֽׁבַע׃ שָׁ֑בַע שבע שבע׃ šā·ḇa‘ šāḇa‘ še·ḇa‘ šeḇa‘ Shava Sheva