Bᵉsôwrâh — H1309
H1309 · Hebrew — בשורה
Pronunciation: bes-o-raw'
Other spellings: bᵉsôrâh בְּשֹׂרָה
Definition
feminine noun
glad tidings; by implication, reward forgood news
- news, good news, tidings, reward for good news
- good tidings
- tidings, news
- reward for good tidings
Usually translated as
reward for tidings
Origin
or (shortened) bᵉsôrâh; feminine from H1319
Greek equivalents
Occurrences
Bᵉsôwrâh occurs 6 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (5), 2 Kings (1)
- 2 Samuel 4:10 — When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings (בְּשֹׂרָֽה):
- 2 Samuel 18:20 — And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings (בְּשֹׂרָ֤ה) this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king’s son is dead.
- 2 Samuel 18:22 — Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings (בְּשׂוֹרָ֥ה) ready?
- 2 Samuel 18:25 — And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings (בְּשׂוֹרָ֣ה) in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.
- 2 Samuel 18:27 — And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings (בְּשׂוֹרָ֥ה).
- 2 Kings 7:9 — Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings (בְּשֹׂרָ֣ה), and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.
Strong's Lexicon — B