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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 · H0953A

בּוֹר · bor · pit

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

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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

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BSB rendering counts
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
KJV rendering counts
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 2 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.

  1. Lamentations 3:55 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.

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  2. Ezekiel 26:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.

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  3. Ezekiel 31:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’

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  4. Ezekiel 31:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.

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  5. Ezekiel 32:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:

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  6. Ezekiel 32:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who once spread terror in the land of the living.

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  7. Ezekiel 32:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.

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  8. Ezekiel 32:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.

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  9. Ezekiel 32:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Edom is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit.

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  10. Ezekiel 32:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.

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  11. Zechariah 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

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Sources and text

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