The meaning of “בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע”
Understanding Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
Beer-shebah. - § Beer-sheba = "well of the sevenfold oath" - Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine 1) a city at the south edg...
בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע
Beer-shebah. - § Beer-sheba = "well of the sevenfold oath" - Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine 1) a city at the south edge of Israel
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 26:23 | “And he went up from thence to Beer–sheba.” Word: בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע (Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ) | |
| Judges 20:1 | “Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh.” Word: בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע (Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ) | |
| 2 Samuel 24:2 | “For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.” Word: בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע (Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ) | |
| 2 Kings 23:8 | “And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer–sheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.” Word: בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע (Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ) | |
| 2 Chronicles 24:1 | “Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Zibiah of Beer–sheba.” Word: בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע (Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ) |