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בְּאֵר H875

H875 is the Hebrew word בְּאֵר, transliterated bᵉʼêr and said be-ayr'. The King James Version most often renders it well.

Word: בְּאֵרTransliteration: bᵉʼêrSaid: be-ayr'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 28 verses

What it means

a pit; especially a well.

Where it comes from

from H874 (בָּאַר).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 32 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

well 14×well's 5×wells 3×full of slimepits 2×pit 2×wherefore the well 1×again unto the well 1×behold a well 1×out of that well 1×over the well's 1×out of the well 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: pit, well.

Verses using בְּאֵר

All 28 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 14:10 · KJV

And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

Genesis 16:14 · KJV

Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

Genesis 21:19 · KJV

And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

Genesis 21:25 · KJV

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

Genesis 24:11 · KJV

And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

Genesis 24:20 · KJV

And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

Genesis 26:15 · KJV

For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

Genesis 26:18 · KJV

And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

Genesis 26:19 · KJV

And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

Genesis 26:20 · KJV

And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

Genesis 26:21 · KJV

And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

Genesis 26:22 · KJV

And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

Genesis 26:32 · KJV

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

Genesis 29:2 · KJV

And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth.

Genesis 29:3 · KJV

And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place.

Genesis 29:8 · KJV

And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.

Genesis 29:10 · KJV

And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

Numbers 20:17 · KJV

Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

Numbers 21:16 · KJV

And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

Numbers 21:17 · KJV

Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:

Numbers 21:18 · KJV

The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:

Numbers 21:22 · KJV

Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king’s high way, until we be past thy borders.

2 Samuel 17:18 · KJV

Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.

2 Samuel 17:19 · KJV

And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

2 Samuel 17:21 · KJV

And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

Psalm 55:23 · KJV

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

Psalm 69:15 · KJV

Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Song of Solomon 4:15 · KJV

A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

Common questions

What does Strong's H875 mean?

H875 is the Hebrew word בְּאֵר (bᵉʼêr), meaning a pit; especially a well.

How is H875 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it well (14 times), well's (5 times), wells (3 times), full of slimepits (2 times), pit (2 times), among others.

How many times does H875 appear in the Bible?

בְּאֵר (bᵉʼêr) is tagged in 28 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H875 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H874 (בָּאַר).

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