Strong's Hebrew · H953
H953 bôwr
בּוֹר
bore
pit
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bôwr appears 67 times in Scripture, including Genesis 37:20 and Exodus 12:29. 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
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
In the King James Version
cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
Derivation
Appears 67 times in Scripture
“and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.”
“So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.”
“Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.”
“For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.””
“So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.”
“When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,”
““Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!””
““Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
