TBESH · H0953A
בּוֹר · bor · pit
pit, well, cistern, dungeon, pit of the grave
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bor H953
בּוֹר (bor) means “pit” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
בּוֹר Hebrew · H953 66 tagged occurrences in 61 verses
Pronunciation guide: bore Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
TBESH · H0953B
בּוֹר · bor · Cistern
Cistern of Sirah
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H952 (בּוּר) (in the sense of H877 (בֹּאר)); a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
KJV glosses: cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
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How translators render H953
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| to the pit | 13 |
| the cistern | 5 |
| a pit | 4 |
| of the pit | 4 |
| pit | 4 |
| from the well | 3 |
| into the pit | 3 |
| the pit | 3 |
| from his own cistern | 2 |
| the well | 2 |
| a cistern | 1 |
| a hole | 1 |
| and cisterns | 1 |
| as a well | 1 |
| cistern | 1 |
| cisterns | 1 |
| from the pit | 1 |
| from your own cistern | 1 |
| in this dungeon | 1 |
| into a pit | 1 |
| into the cistern | 1 |
| now the cistern | 1 |
| now the pit | 1 |
| of the pits | 1 |
| or cistern | 1 |
| out of the cistern | 1 |
| the dungeon | 1 |
| wells | 1 |
| with wells | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| into the pit | 8 |
| to the pit | 8 |
| of the pit | 6 |
| a pit | 4 |
| in the dungeon | 3 |
| into the dungeon | 3 |
| out of the dungeon | 3 |
| pit | 3 |
| of the well | 2 |
| out of the pit | 2 |
| out of the well | 2 |
| wells | 2 |
| and in pits | 1 |
| and in the dungeon | 1 |
| and the pit | 1 |
| as a fountain | 1 |
| at the cistern | 1 |
| dungeon | 1 |
| from the well | 1 |
| him into a pit | 1 |
| him into the dungeon | 1 |
| him into this pit | 1 |
| in the pit | 1 |
| me into the dungeon | 1 |
| not and wells | 1 |
| not in the pit | 1 |
| now the pit | 1 |
| of a pit | 1 |
| of his cistern | 1 |
| of his own cistern | 1 |
| or pit | 1 |
| out of thine own cistern | 1 |
| them at the pit | 1 |
| unto the pit | 1 |
| well | 1 |
Verses containing H953
Page 1 of 2. 61 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 37:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“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!”
Read word by word - Genesis 37:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“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.
Read word by word - Genesis 37:24
· BSB · 2 occurrences
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
Read word by word - Genesis 37:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Genesis 37:29
· BSB · 2 occurrences
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
Read word by word - Genesis 40:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by word - Genesis 41:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Exodus 12:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Exodus 21:33
· BSB · 2 occurrences
If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
Read word by word - Exodus 21:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
Read word by word - Leviticus 11:36
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 6:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 13:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 19:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Finally, Saul himself left for Ramah and came to the large cistern at Secu, where he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “At Naioth in Ramah,” he was told.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 3:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
As soon as Joab had left David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah. But David was unaware of it.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 23:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 10:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So his men took them alive, then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-eked—forty-two men. He spared none of them.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 18:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 11:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 11:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 11:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 26:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 9:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.
Read word by word - Psalms 7:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 7.16
- Psalms 28:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
Read word by word - Psalms 30:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 30.4
- Psalms 40:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 40.3
- Psalms 88:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 88.5
- Psalms 88:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 88.7
- Psalms 143:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
Read word by word - Proverbs 1:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
Read word by word - Proverbs 5:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
Read word by word - Proverbs 28:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 12:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, before the pitcher is shattered at the spring and the wheel is broken at the well,
Read word by word - Isaiah 14:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
Read word by word - Isaiah 14:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.
Read word by word - Isaiah 24:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.
Read word by word - Isaiah 36:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,
Read word by word - Isaiah 38:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
Read word by word - Isaiah 51:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 37:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 38:6
· BSB · 2 occurrences
So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 38:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
Read word by word - Jeremiah 38:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 38:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 38:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 38:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 41:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 41:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.
Read word by word - Lamentations 3:53
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
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