Strong's Hebrew · H884
H884 Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ
בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע
be-ayr' sheh'-bah
Beer-shebah.
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Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ appears 65 times in Scripture, including Genesis 21:14 and Genesis 21:31. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine
Derivation
from H875 (בְּאֵר) and H7651 (שֶׁבַע) (in the sense of H7650 (שָׁבַע)); well of an oath;
Appears 65 times in Scripture
“And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.”
“After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.”
“So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.”
“Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.”
“Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.”
“So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
