Hebrew and Greek words › Hebrew › H875
בְּאֵר beer
Hebrew word for “well” · Strong’s H875 · used 38 times in 34 verses
Meaning
well, pit, spring
How it is translated
Glosses given for beer in context, with how often each is used:
- well 31
- pits 2
- wells 2
- pit 2
- own well 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 23 | 1.1 | |
| Numbers | 5 | 0.3 | |
| 2 Samuel | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Song of Solomon | 1 | 0.8 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 26 (8), Genesis 29 (4), Numbers 21 (4), Genesis 21 (3), 2 Samuel 17 (3), Genesis 24 (2), Genesis 14 (1), Genesis 16 (1), Exodus 2 (1), Numbers 20 (1)
Forms
- באר 15
- הבאר 13
- בארת 3
- לבאר 2
- הבארת 1
- מהבאר 1
- בארך 1
- ובאר 1
- ביר 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with beer more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מַי mayim “water” 15
- חָפַר chaphar “to search” 8
- שָׁקָה shaqah “to water” 5
- שָׁם sham “there” 8
- יִצְחָק yitschaq “Isaac” 5
- גָּלַל galal “to roll” 3
- קָרָא qara “to call” 6
- עֵדֶר eder “flock” 3
- פֶּה peh “lip” 5
- אֶבֶן even “stone” 4
- צֹאן tson “flock” 4
- רִיב riv “to contend” 3
Key verses
The verses using beer that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 14:10 — And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
- Genesis 21:25 — And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
- Genesis 26:25 — And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
- Exodus 2:15 — Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
- Numbers 21:16 — And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
- Numbers 21:18 — The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to…
- Psalms 55:23 — But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
- Psalms 69:15 — Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
- Proverbs 5:15 — Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
- Proverbs 23:27 — For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
- Song of Solomon 4:15 — A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
- Jeremiah 6:7 — As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
See all 34 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.