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Strong's #1308 - בְּשׂוֹר

Transliteration

Bᵉsôwr

Phonetics

bes-ore'

Origin

from (H1319)

Parts of Speech

proper noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Besor = "cheerful"
1. a stream, torrent-bed, or wadi in extreme south of Judah in Philistia; empties into the Mediterranean Sea

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (3)

1 Samuel 3

BSB (3)

1 Samuel 3

CSB (3)

1 Samuel 3

ESV (3)

1 Samuel 3

KJV (3)

1 Samuel 3

LEB (3)

1 Samuel 3

LSB (3)

1 Samuel 3

N95 (3)

1 Samuel 3

NAS (3)

1 Samuel 3

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (3)

1 Samuel 3

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

בְּשׂוֺר proper name of brook in Philistine territory; always נַחַל הַבְּשׂוֺר 1 Samuel 30:9,10,21; ᵐ5 Βοσορ ( 1 Samuel 30:21 Βεανα, but ᵐ5^L Βοσορ); modern Wady Razze (Gaza) according to Guérin^{Judée ii. 213}; — it empties into sea SW of Gaza. (Connexion with above √ dubious)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

בְּשׂוֹר (“cold;” compare بسر V. to be cold, as water), [Besor], always with the art. הַבְּשׂוֹר, pr.n. of a stream near Gaza, emptying itself into the Mediterranean Sea, 1 Samuel 30:9, 10:21.

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List of Word Forms

הַבְּשֽׂוֹר׃ הַבְּשׂ֑וֹר הַבְּשׂ֔וֹר הבשור הבשור׃ hab·bə·śō·wr habbeSor habbəśōwr