Strong H884בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע

Definition

Meaning of the name

Detailed definition

In the biblical story

In the Bible

Strong H884 appears in 33 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

• sheba32
• thence1

First verses

1. Genesis 21:14
   And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer–sheba.
2. Genesis 21:31
   Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.
3. Genesis 21:32
   Thus they made a covenant at Beer–sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
4. Genesis 21:33
   And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.
5. Genesis 22:19
   So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer–sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer–sheba.
6. Genesis 26:23
   And he went up from thence to Beer–sheba.
7. Genesis 26:33
   And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer–sheba unto this day.
8. Genesis 28:10
   And Jacob went out from Beer–sheba, and went toward Haran.
9. Genesis 46:1
   And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer–sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
10. Genesis 46:5
    And Jacob rose up from Beer–sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
11. Joshua 15:28
    And Hazar–shual, and Beer–sheba, and Bizjothjah,
12. Joshua 19:2
    And they had in their inheritance Beer–sheba, Sheba, and Moladah,
13. Judges 20:1
    Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh.
14. 1 Samuel 3:20
    And all Israel from Dan even to Beer–sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the Lord.
15. 1 Samuel 8:2
    Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer–sheba.
16. 2 Samuel 3:10
    To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer–sheba.
17. 2 Samuel 17:11
    Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
18. 2 Samuel 24:2
    For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
19. 2 Samuel 24:7
    And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer–sheba.
20. 2 Samuel 24:15
    So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer–sheba seventy thousand men.

Occurrences by book

• Genesis10
• Joshua2
• Judges1
• 1 Samuel2
• 2 Samuel5
• 1 Kings2
• 2 Kings2
• 1 Chronicles2
• 2 Chronicles3
• Nehemiah2
• Amos2

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