King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H877
Transliteration: bor
Phonetic Spelling: (bore)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a cistern, pit, well
Meaning: a cistern, pit, well
Word Summary
bor: a cistern, pit, well
Original Word: בֹּארTransliteration: bor
Phonetic Spelling: (bore)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a cistern, pit, well
Meaning: a cistern, pit, well
Strong's Concordance
cistern From ba'ar; a cistern -- cistern.
see HEBREW ba'ar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H877. bor
[בּאֹר] noun masculineJeremiah 2:13 cistern, pit, well (for בְּאֹר compare בּוֺר) — singular Kt באר 2 Samuel 23:15-16, 20 (Qr בֹּר); apparently well 23:15; 23:16 (read perhaps בְּאֵר), pit 23:20; plural Jeremiah 2:13 me they have forsaken, the fountain of living water, נִשְׁבָּרִים בּאֹרֹת בּאֹרוֺת לָהֶם לַחְצֹב, to hew out for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, etc.