בְּאֵר
bᵉʼêr · be-ayr'
a pit; especially a well
Lexicon
Derivation: from H874 (בָּאַר);
a pit; especially a well
- a pit
- especially a well
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: pit, well.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › strength, the leader › the head, the highest
The house, what is within of strength, the leader of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּאֵר 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
38 occurrences · 38 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a well4 · 12%
- from the well's3 · 9%
- of the well2 · 6%
- well2 · 6%
- the well2 · 6%
- was full of1 · 3%
- slimepits1 · 3%
- wherefore the well1 · 3%
- of a well1 · 3%
- this well1 · 3%
- again unto the well1 · 3%
- for all the wells1 · 3%
- the wells1 · 3%
- there a well1 · 3%
- and behold a well1 · 3%
- by it; for out of that well1 · 3%
- was upon the well's1 · 3%
- upon the well's1 · 3%
- by a well1 · 3%
- of the wells1 · 3%
- that is the well1 · 3%
- o well1 · 3%
- which had a well1 · 3%
- over the well's1 · 3%
- out of the well1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
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.