בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע
Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ · be-ayr' sheh'-bah
Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H875 (בְּאֵר) and H7651 (שֶׁבַע) (in the sense of H7650 (שָׁבַע)); well of an oath;
Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Beer-shebah.
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
- 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
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › strength, the leader › the head, the highest › to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › to see and know
The house, what is within of strength, the leader of the head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy of the house, what is within that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע 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
68 occurrences · 68 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- even to beersheba8 · 24%
- from beersheba6 · 18%
- of beersheba4 · 12%
- to beersheba4 · 12%
- at beersheba3 · 9%
- beersheba2 · 6%
- in beersheba2 · 6%
- from thence to beersheba1 · 3%
- is beersheba1 · 3%
- and beersheba1 · 3%
- and at beersheba1 · 3%
- not to beersheba1 · 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.