Strong H1308בְּשׂוֹר

Besor

Transliteration
beώôr
Pronunciation
bes-ore'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

From H1319; cheerful;
{Besor} a stream of Palestine: - Besor.

Meaning of the name

Besor = "cheerful"

Detailed definition

The Besor was a brook where David's men pursued the Amalekites who had raided Ziklag. (1 Samuel 30:9, 10, 21)

In the biblical story

Besor

Brook where David's men pursued the Amalekites.

The Besor was a brook where David's men pursued the Amalekites who had raided Ziklag. (1 Samuel 30:9, 10, 21)

In the Bible

Strong H1308 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • besor3

First verses

  1. 1 Samuel 30:9
    So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
  2. 1 Samuel 30:10
    But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
  3. 1 Samuel 30:21
    And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
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