Bᵉʼêrîy — H882

Definition

masculine proper noun

Beeri, the name of a Hittite and of an Israelite

1. Beeri = "my well"
2. Esau's Hittite father-in-law
3. father of Hosea

Usually translated as

Beeri

Origin

from H875; fountained

• Derived from Bᵉʼêr (H875)

Occurrences

Bᵉʼêrîy occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Hosea (1)

• Genesis 26:34 — And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri (בְּאֵרִ֖י) the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
• Hosea 1:1 — The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri (בְּאֵרִ֔י), in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.