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Strong H9532 sensesבּוֹר

pit · Cistern

Transliteration
bôr
Pronunciation
bore

The 2 senses of Strong H953

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H953 appears in 64 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. pitH953Apit, well, cistern, dungeon, pit of the grave60 verses · 18 books
  2. CisternH953BCistern of Sirah1 verse · 2 Samuel

General definition

From H952 (in the sense of H877); a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or prison): - {cistern} {dungeon} {fountain} {pit} well.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • pit38
  • dungeon12
  • well9
  • cistern4
  • fountain1

First verses

  1. Genesis 37:20
    Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
  2. Genesis 37:22
    And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
  3. Genesis 37:24
    And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
  4. Genesis 37:28
    Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
  5. Genesis 37:29
    And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
  6. Genesis 40:15
    For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
  7. Genesis 41:14
    Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
  8. Exodus 12:29
    And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
  9. Exodus 21:33
    And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
  10. Exodus 21:34
    The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
  11. Leviticus 11:36
    Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
  12. Deuteronomy 6:11
    And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
  13. 1 Samuel 13:6
    When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
  14. 1 Samuel 19:22
    Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
  15. 2 Samuel 3:26
    And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.
  16. 2 Samuel 23:15
    And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth–lehem, which is by the gate!
  17. 2 Samuel 23:16
    And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth–lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.
  18. 2 Samuel 23:20
    And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
  19. 2 Kings 10:14
    And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.
  20. 2 Kings 18:31
    Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern: