884. Beer Sheba
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Beer Sheba: "well of seven," a place in the Negev
Original Word: בְּאֵר
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Beer Sheba
Phonetic Spelling: (be-ayr' sheh'-bah)
Short Definition: Beersheba

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from beer and sheba
Definition
"well of seven," a place in the Negev
NASB Translation
Beersheba (34).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע proper name, of a location Beersheba (well of seven, explained Genesis 21:30,31 as place of swearing by seven lambs, or, well of oath, see שְׁבֻעָה; compare same meaning otherwise derived Genesis 26:33) — בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע Genesis 26:33 13t., בְּאֵרשֶֿׁבַע Joshua 19:2; בְּאֵר שָׁ֑בַע Genesis 21:14 18t.; בְּאֵ֫רָה שֶׁבַע (ָ  ה locative) Genesis 46:1 — south from Hebron, according to Onomasticon approximately 20 miles LagOnom. 103, 234, 2nd ed. 138, 248; modern Bîr-es-Seba, 12 hours from Hebron RobBR i. 204 f. Surveyiii. 394 Genesis 21:14,31,32,33; Genesis 22:19 (twice in verse); Genesis 26:23,33; Genesis 28:10; Genesis 46:1,5; Joshua 15:28; Joshua 19:2; Judges 20:1; 1 Samuel 3:20; 1 Samuel 8:2; 2 Samuel 17:11; 2 Samuel 24:7; 1 Kings 19:3; 2 Kings 12:2; 2 Kings 23:8; Amos 5:5; 1 Chronicles 4:28; 2Chronicles 19:4; 24:1; Nehemiah 11:27,30; in phrase ׳מִדָּן וְעַדבּֿ from Dan to Beersheba (i.e. all the territory of Israel, see דָּן) Amos 8:14; Judges 20:1; 1 Samuel 3:20; 2 Samuel 3:10; 2 Samuel 17:11; 2 Samuel 24:2,15; 1 Kings 5:5, & (only Chronicles) מִבְּאֵר שֶׁבַע וְעַדדָּֿן from Beersheba to Dan 1 Chronicles 21:2; 2Chronicles 30:5.



Strong's
Beer-shebah

From 'er and sheba' (in the sense of shaba'); well of an oath; Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine -- Beer-shebah.

see HEBREW 'er

see HEBREW sheba'

see HEBREW shaba'

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