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Strong's H875 בְּאֵר (beer)

Beer means “pit” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G875 — aphrizo (“foam”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H875
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 33
Books 7

Strong's H875 Quick Answer

Strong's H875 בְּאֵר (er) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. er (be-ayr') n-f. 1. a pit 2. especially a well It has 33 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include well, well's, wells, and pit. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
er (be-ayr') n-f. 1. a pit 2. especially a well
Usage
33 linked usages
Books
7 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
well, well's, wells, and pit

Meaning and Definition

er (be-ayr') n-f. 1. a pit 2. especially a well [from H874] KJV: pit, well. Root(s): H874

Original Word
בְּאֵר
Transliteration
er
Derivation
Root: באר First root strongs: 874
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H875. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H875 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render er, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

well Genesis 16:14 22× well's Genesis 29:3 pit Psalms 55:23 wells Genesis 26:15

How Strong's H875 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 33 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H875 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H875 in the Old Testament

33 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 14:10 KJV

And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

Genesis 16:14 KJV

Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

Genesis 21:19 KJV

And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

Usage Excerpts

First 33 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H875.

Genesis 14:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
Genesis 16:14 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis 21:19 Old Testament, KJV
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Genesis 21:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
Genesis 21:30 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
Genesis 24:11 Old Testament, KJV
And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
Genesis 24:20 Old Testament, KJV
And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
Genesis 26:15 Old Testament, KJV
For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
Genesis 26:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
Genesis 26:19 Old Testament, KJV
And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
Genesis 26:20 Old Testament, KJV
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
Genesis 26:21 Old Testament, KJV
And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
Genesis 26:22 Old Testament, KJV
And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
Genesis 26:25 Old Testament, KJV
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
Genesis 26:32 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
Genesis 29:2 Old Testament, KJV
And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.
Genesis 29:3 Old Testament, KJV
And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.
Genesis 29:8 Old Testament, KJV
And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
Genesis 29:10 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
Exodus 2:15 Old Testament, KJV
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
Numbers 20:17 Old Testament, KJV
Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
Numbers 21:16 Old Testament, KJV
And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
Numbers 21:17 Old Testament, KJV
Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
Numbers 21:18 Old Testament, KJV
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
Numbers 21:22 Old Testament, KJV
Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.
2 Samuel 17:18 Old Testament, KJV
Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.
2 Samuel 17:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
2 Samuel 17:21 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
Psalms 55:23 Old Testament, KJV
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Psalms 69:15 Old Testament, KJV
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Proverbs 5:15 Old Testament, KJV
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Proverbs 23:27 Old Testament, KJV
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Song of Solomon 4:15 Old Testament, KJV
A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H875, grouped by book.

Genesis 19 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H875 FAQ

What does beer (בְּאֵר) mean?

Beer (Strong's H875) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "pit". er (be-ayr') n-f. 1. a pit 2. especially a well

How many times is beer (בְּאֵר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 33 linked usages for Strong's H875 across 7 books.

Where can I study beer (בְּאֵר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H875 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate beer (בְּאֵר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as well, well's, wells, and pit. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.