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

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בּוֹר (bor) — pit. pit, well, cistern, dungeon, pit of the grave

בּוֹר (bor) — Cistern. Cistern of Sirah

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

בֹּור (H0877 · H0953) — בֹּאר

noun m · באר · בְּאֵר · בַּיִר

Wells and Cisterns | ≈ מַעְיָן

pit, cistern = hole in the ground, big enough to hold a person and deep enough that a person cannot climb out; ◄ usually dug out of the ground or hewn from rock; ► often used to collect and store rain water; ≈ fresh water from a spring is considered superior to stagnant water from a cistern

GEN 37:20 · GEN 37:22 · GEN 37:24 · GEN 37:24 · GEN 37:28 · GEN 37:29 · GEN 37:29 · EXO 21:33 · EXO 21:33 · EXO 21:34 · LEV 11:36 · DEU 6:11 · 1SA 13:6 · 1SA 19:22 · 2SA 23:15 · 2SA 23:16 · 2SA 23:20 · 2KI 10:14 · 2KI 18:31 · 1CH 11:17 · 1CH 11:18 · 1CH 11:22 · 2CH 26:10 · NEH 9:25 · PSA 7:16 · PSA 40:3 · PRO 5:15 · ECC 12:6 · ISA 36:16 · ISA 51:1 · JER 2:13 · JER 2:13 · JER 38:6 · JER 38:6 · JER 38:7 · JER 38:9 · JER 38:10 · JER 38:11 · JER 38:13 · JER 41:7 · JER 41:9 · LAM 3:53 · LAM 3:55 · ZEC 9:11

Buildings | ≈ מַסְגֵּר

dungeon = underground location where people are confined, usually as punishment for an alleged crime

GEN 40:15 · GEN 41:14 · EXO 12:29 · ISA 24:22 · JER 37:16

Regions Under the Earth | ≈ שְׁאֹול

Pit = world of the dead, ◄ described as a pit, deep in the ground

PSA 28:1 · PSA 30:4 · PSA 88:5 · PSA 88:7 · PSA 143:7 · PRO 1:12 · PRO 28:17 · ISA 14:15 · ISA 14:19 · ISA 38:18 · EZK 26:20 · EZK 26:20 · EZK 31:14 · EZK 31:16 · EZK 32:18 · EZK 32:23 · EZK 32:24 · EZK 32:25 · EZK 32:29 · EZK 32:30

¹ JER 6:7 MT-K בור | MT-Q בַּיִר

Enio R. Mueller

בַּיִר (H0953)

noun m · באר · בְּאֵר · בֹּור

Waterbodies

spring, well = a place where water wells up from an underground source

JER 6:7

¹ JER 6:7 MT-Q בַּיִר | MT-K בור

Enio R. Mueller

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בּוֹר n.m. pit, cistern, well cistern, containing water, made by digging

later appar. well

pit

dungeon

(poet. & late; never c. art.) pit of the grave

base

בּוֹר הַסִּרָה n.pr.loc. 2 S 3:26 (cistern of Sirah) ref

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.