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בְּרֵכָה H1295

H1295 is the Hebrew word בְּרֵכָה, transliterated bᵉrêkâh and said ber-ay-kaw'. The King James Version most often renders it pool.

Word: בְּרֵכָהTransliteration: bᵉrêkâhSaid: ber-ay-kaw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 14 verses

What it means

a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place).

Where it comes from

from H1288 (בָרַךְ).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 16 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

pool 10×one side of the pool 1×other side of the pool 1×over the pool 1×pools 1×like the fishpools 1×like a pool 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: (fish-) pool.

Verses using בְּרֵכָה

All 14 verses, quoted in full.

2 Samuel 2:13 · KJV

And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

2 Samuel 4:12 · KJV

And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

1 Kings 22:38 · KJV

And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake.

2 Kings 18:17 · KJV

And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.

2 Kings 20:20 · KJV

And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Nehemiah 2:14 · KJV

Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

Nehemiah 3:15 · KJV

But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.

Nehemiah 3:16 · KJV

After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.

Ecclesiastes 2:6 · KJV

I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

Song of Solomon 7:4 · KJV

Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

Isaiah 7:3 · KJV

Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field;

Isaiah 22:11 · KJV

Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.

Isaiah 36:2 · KJV

And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field.

Nahum 2:8 · KJV

But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

Common questions

What does Strong's H1295 mean?

H1295 is the Hebrew word בְּרֵכָה (bᵉrêkâh), meaning a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place).

How is H1295 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it pool (10 times), one side of the pool (1 time), other side of the pool (1 time), over the pool (1 time), pools (1 time), among others.

How many times does H1295 appear in the Bible?

בְּרֵכָה (bᵉrêkâh) is tagged in 14 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H1295 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H1288 (בָרַךְ).

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