Strong H8822 sensesבְּאֵרִי

Beeri

Transliteration
be'êrîy
Pronunciation
be-ay-ree'

Meaning of the name

Beeri = "my well"

The 2 senses of Strong H882

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H882 appears in 2 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. A Hittite, father of Esau's wife Judith.H882G1 verse · Genesis
  2. Father of the prophet Hosea.H882H1 verse · Hosea

General definition

From H875; fountained;
{Beeri} the name of a Hittite and of an Israelite: - Beeri.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • beeri2

First verses

  1. Genesis 26:34
    And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
  2. Hosea 1:1
    The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, 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.