pit, well, cistern, dungeon, pit of the grave
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H953 — בּוֹר
bor · pit · Hebrew/Aramaic
52 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 37:20 · הַבֹּר֔וֹת“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!”Genesis 37:22 · הַבּ֤וֹר“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.Genesis 37:24 · הַבֹּ֑רָה · וְהַבּ֣וֹרand they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.Genesis 37:28 · הַבּ֔וֹרSo 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.Genesis 37:29 · הַבּ֔וֹר · בַּבּ֑וֹרWhen Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,Genesis 40:15 · בַּבּֽוֹר׃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.”Genesis 41:14 · הַבּ֑וֹרSo 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.Exodus 12:29 · הַבּ֑וֹרNow 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.Exodus 21:33 · בּ֗וֹר · בֹּ֖רIf a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,Exodus 21:34 · הַבּוֹר֙the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.Leviticus 11:36 · וּב֛וֹרNevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.Deuteronomy 6:11 · וּבֹרֹ֤תwith 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,1 Samuel 13:6 · וּבַבֹּרֽוֹת׃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.1 Samuel 19:22 · בּ֤וֹרFinally, 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.2 Samuel 3:26 · מִבּ֣וֹרAs 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.2 Samuel 23:20 · הַבֹּ֖ארAnd 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.2 Kings 10:14 · בּ֣וֹרThen 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.2 Kings 18:31 · בוֹרֽוֹ׃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,1 Chronicles 11:17 · מִבּ֥וֹרDavid longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”1 Chronicles 11:18 · מִבּ֤וֹרSo 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,1 Chronicles 11:22 · הַבּ֖וֹרAnd 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.2 Chronicles 26:10 · בֹּר֣וֹתSince 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.Nehemiah 9:25 · בֹּר֨וֹתThey 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.Psalm 7:15 · בּ֣וֹרHe has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.Psalm 28:1 · בֽוֹר׃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.Psalm 30:3 · בֽוֹר׃O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.Psalm 40:2 · מִבּ֥וֹרHe 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.Psalm 88:4 · ב֑וֹרI am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.Psalm 88:6 · בְּב֣וֹרYou have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.Psalm 143:7 · בֽוֹר׃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.Proverbs 1:12 · בֽוֹר׃let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.Proverbs 5:15 · מִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָDrink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.Proverbs 28:17 · בּ֥וֹרA man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.Ecclesiastes 12:6 · הַבּֽוֹר׃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,Isaiah 14:15 · בֽוֹר׃But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.Isaiah 14:19 · ב֖וֹרBut 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.Isaiah 24:22 · בּ֔וֹרThey will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.Isaiah 36:16 · בוֹרֽוֹ׃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,Isaiah 38:18 · ב֖וֹרFor Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.Isaiah 51:1 · בּ֖וֹר“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.Jeremiah 37:16 · הַבּ֖וֹרSo Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.Jeremiah 38:6 · הַבּ֣וֹר׀ · וּבַבּ֤וֹרSo 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.Jeremiah 38:7 · הַבּ֑וֹרNow 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,Jeremiah 38:9 · הַבּ֑וֹר“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.”Jeremiah 38:10 · הַבּ֖וֹרSo 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.”Jeremiah 38:11 · הַבּ֖וֹרThen 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.Jeremiah 38:13 · הַבּ֑וֹרand they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.Jeremiah 41:7 · הַבּ֔וֹרAnd when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.Jeremiah 41:9 · וְהַבּ֗וֹרNow 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.Lamentations 3:53 · בַבּוֹר֙They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.Lamentations 3:55 · מִבּ֖וֹרI called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.Zechariah 9:11 · מִבּ֔וֹרAs for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.