בּוֹר
bor
“pit”
Definition
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
from H952 (בּוּר) (in the sense of H877 (בֹּאר));
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
בּוֹר appears 56 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
Remember Him before the silver cord is snappedand the golden bowl is crushed,before the pitcher is shattered at the springand the wheel is broken at the well,
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They will be gathered togetherlike prisoners in a pit.They will be confined to a dungeonand punished after many days.
And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.
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