בּוֹר bor

Hebrew word for “pit” · Strong’s H953 · used 66 times in 61 verses

Explore it in the Word Atlas

Meaning

pit, well, cistern, dungeon, pit of the grave

Senses in the lexicon

• pit (65)
• Cistern (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for bor in context, with how often each is used:

• pit 40
• cistern 14
• wells 3
• own cistern 3
• well 3
• pits 1
• pit towards 1
• cisterns 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 38 (6), Ezekiel 32 (6), Genesis 37 (5), 1 Chronicles 11 (3), Exodus 21 (2), Psalms 88 (2), Isaiah 14 (2), Jeremiah 41 (2), Lamentations 3 (2), Ezekiel 31 (2)

Forms

• בור 25
• הבור 16
• מבור 6
• בבור 4
• והבור 2
• בורו 2
• ברות 2
• הברות 1
• הברה 1
• בר 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with bor more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יָרַד yarad “to go down” 18
• תַּחְתִּי tachti “lower” 7
• מַי mayim “water” 11
• שָׁלַךְ shalakh “to throw” 7
• יִרְמְיָהוּ yirmeyah “Jeremiah” 7
• חָלָל chalal “slain” 6
• אֵת et “with” 10
• חִתִּית chittit “terror” 4
• חַי chay “alive” 8
• שְׁאוֹל sheol “hell” 5
• שָׁתָה shatah “to drink” 6
• חָצַב chatsav “to hew” 4

Key verses

The verses using bor that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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:…
• 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…
• 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…
• Nehemiah 9:25 — And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so…
• Psalms 28:1 — [A Psalm of David.] Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
• Psalms 40:2 — He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
• Psalms 143:7 — Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
• Isaiah 51:1 — Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are…
• Jeremiah 38:6 — Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with…
• Ezekiel 32:18 — Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with…
• Ezekiel 32:24 — There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of…
• Zechariah 9:11 — As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

See all 61 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.