בּוֹר

How it's translated

• the pit24
• the cistern8
• a pit3
• in the pit2
• own cistern his2
• from the well of2
• wells2
• from a pit of2

Definition

Other senses of this number: Cistern

Between Hebrew and Greek

The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:

• βόθυνος bothunos · pit 57%
• φρέαρ phrear · well/abyss 14%

Where it appears

Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi

• Jeremiah9
• Ezekiel9
• Genesis7
• Psalms7
• Isaiah6
• Exodus3
• 1 Chronicles3
• Proverbs3
• 1 Samuel2
• 2 Kings2

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