Bôwr — H953

H953 · Hebrew — בור

Pronunciation: bore

Definition

masculine noun

a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)

  1. pit, well, cistern

Usually translated as

pit, dungeon, well, cistern, fountain

Origin

from H952 (in the sense of H877)

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Bôwr occurs 69 times in 64 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (7), Exodus (3), Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Samuel (4), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (3), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (7), Proverbs (3), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (6), Jeremiah (10), Lamentations (2), Ezekiel (9), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — B