H953 - בּוֹר (bôwr)

H953 בּוֹר (bôwr) bore

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)

Derivation: from H952 (בּוּר) (in the sense of H877 (בֹּאר));

KJV Usage: cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.

TWOT Reference: 194e

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) pit, well, cistern

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G30 G1093 G3794 G5421

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בּוֹר bôr BDB Definition: 1) pit, well, cistern Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H952 (in the sense of H877) Same Word by TWOT Number: 194e Total KJV Occurrences: 69

Bible Occurrences (62)

37:20 37:22 37:24 37:28 37:29 40:15 41:14

12:29 21:33 21:34

11:36

6:11

13:6 19:22

3:26 23:20

10:14 18:31

11:17 11:18 11:22

26:10

9:25

7:15 28:1 30:3 40:2 88:4 88:6 143:7

1:12 5:15 28:17

12:6

14:15 14:19 24:22 36:16 38:18 51:1

6:7 37:16 38:6 38:7 38:9 38:10 38:11 38:13 41:7 41:9

3:53 3:55

26:20 31:14 31:16 32:18 32:23 32:24 32:25 32:29 32:30

9:11

Genesis 37:20

Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!

Genesis 37:22

Do not shed [his] blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him. Reuben... said this... so that he could rescue [Joseph] from their hands and return him to his father.

Genesis 37:24

and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.

Genesis 37:28

So when the Midianite traders passed by,... his brothers pulled... Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty [shekels] of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took [him] to Egypt.

Genesis 37:29

When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there..., he tore his clothes,

Genesis 40:15

For I was kidnapped... from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing... for which they should have put me in this dungeon.

Genesis 41:14

So Pharaoh sent for... Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.

Exodus 12:29

Now at midnight... the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon..., as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.