בְּשׂוֹרָה
bᵉsôwrâh · bes-o-raw'
glad tidings; by implication, reward forgood news
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) בְּשֹׂרָה; feminine from H1319 (בָּשַׂר);
glad tidings; by implication, reward forgood news
- glad tidings
- by implication, reward forgood news
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: reward for tidings.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
The house, what is within that works to consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּשׂוֹרָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- him a reward for his tidings1 · 17%
- shalt not bear tidings1 · 17%
- seeing that thou hast no tidings1 · 17%
- if he be alone, there is tidings1 · 17%
- tidings1 · 17%
- of good tidings1 · 17%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.