Lexical Definition
בּוֹר bôwr (bore) pit H:N-M
from בּוּר (in the sense of בֹּאר)
cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
- a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
1) pit, well, cistern
See Greek: ἀγγεῖον · γῆ · ὀχύρωμα · φρέαρ
Brown-Driver-Briggs
בּוֺר noun masculineGen 37:20 pit, cistern, well (= בְּאֹר, MI בר, Arabic 
hole or hollow for cooking, Assyrian bûrtum DlPr 182, bûru LotzTP 169) — ׳בּ absolute Gen 37:22 +; בֹּר Exod 21:33 (2Sam 23:20 Qr, see באר above); construct בּוֺר 2Kgs 10:14 + (2Sam 23:15; 2Sam 23:16 Qr, see באר above); בֹּ֫רָה (ָ ה locative) Gen 37:24 suffix בּוֺרוֺ Isa 36:16 = בֹּרוֺ 2Kgs 18:31 בּוֺרֶ֑ךָ Prov 5:15 plural בֹּרוֺת Gen 37:20 + 3 t.; בֹּרֹת Deut 6:11: —
1. cistern, containing water, made by digging (חצב) Deut 6:11; 2Chr 26:10; Neh 9:25 also (without reference to origin) Prov 5:15 (|| בְּאֵר) Lev 11:36 (|| מַעִיָן), 1Sam 19:22; Isa 36:16 = 2Kgs 18:31.
2. later apparently well (= בְּאֵר) 1Chr 11:17; 1Chr 11:18 = Qr 2Sam 23:15; 2Sam 23:16 (yet now no well at Bethlehem RobBR i. 470, 473 compare also Surveyiii. 28 GuérinJudée i. 130), compare Eccl 12:6 & Jer 6:7 Kt כְּהָקִיר בו֯ר מֵימֶיהָ as a well casteth out its water (Qr בַּיִר); but הקיר perhaps keep cool, fresh ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Hi Gf.
3. pit Exod 21:33 (verb פתח), vExod 21:33 (כרה), compare vExod 21:34 compare figurative Ps 7:16* of wickedness (|| שַׁחַת; verb כרה, חפר); 1Sam 13:6 as hiding-place; 2Sam 23:20 (Qr) = 1Chr 11:22; 2Kgs 10:14 בּוֺר בֵּית עֵ֫קֶד; of pit into which Joseph was cast Gen 37:20; Gen 37:22; Gen 37:24 (וְהַבּוֺר רֵק אֵין בּוֺ מ֑יִם) vGen 37:28 vGen 37:29 vGen 37:29 (JE), compare further Jer 41:7; Jer 41:9 figurative of Sarah as mother of Israel ׳מַקֶּבֶת בּ Isa 51:1 figurative of calamity Ps 40:3* בּוֺר שָׁאוֺן; compare Ps 88:7* תַּחְתִּיּוֺת ׳בּ.
4. dungeon (pit with no water in it Jer 38:6; Zech 9:11 compare Gen 37:24 above) Gen 40:13; Gen 41:14 (E) Isa 24:22; Jer 38:6 (twice in verse) (אֵין מַיִם ׳בּ) vJer 38:7 vJer 38:9 vJer 38:10 vJer 38:11 vJer 38:13 also בֵּית הַבּוֺר prison Exod 12:29; Jer 37:16 figurative of exile Zech 9:11 (מִבּוֺר אֵין מַיִם בּוֺ); compare also Lam 3:53; Lam 3:55.
5. (in poetry & late; never with article) pit of the grave Prov 28:17 so ׳אַבְנֵי ב stones of the pit Isa 14:19 (of sepulchre, walled with stones) & of Sh®°ôl Ps 30:4* (|| שׁאול); ׳יַרְכְּתֵי ב loins of (the) pit, i.e. remotest pit Isa 14:15 (|| שׁאול) Ezek 32:23 especially in phrase יוֺרְדֵי בוֺר those going down to (the) pit Ps 28:1; Ps 143:7; Isa 38:18; Ezek 26:20; Ezek 32:25; Ezek 32:29; Ezek 32:30 also, (|| שׁאול), Ps 88:5*; Prov 1:12 further Ezek 26:20; Ezek 32:18; Ezek 32:24 (all || אֶרֶץ תַּחְתִּיּוֺת), Ezek 31:14; Ezek 31:16 (both || אֶרֶץ תַּחְתִּית; vEzek 31:14 || also מָוֶת, vEzek 31:16 שְׁאוֺל).
בּוֺר הַסִּרָה proper name, of a location 2Sam 3:26 (cistern of Sirah, Thes cist. declinationis, MV of the pot, see סיר).
Also see: עָשָׁן
בּוֺר עָשָׁן (so read for ordinary ׳כור ע, see BDGn, p. vi. ᵐ5 ᵑ6) proper name, of a location 1Sam 30:30 (smoking pit), in southwest of Judah; elsewhere עָשָׁן q. v.
בַּיִר Qr Jer 6:7 see בּוֺר. above
I. בּוֺר, cistern, see below באר.
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 37:20 · 37:22 · 37:24 · 37:28 · 37:29 · 40:13 · 41:14 |
| Exodus | 12:29 · 21:33 · 21:34 |
| Leviticus | 11:36 |
| Deuteronomy | 6:11 |
| 1 Samuel | 13:6 · 19:22 · 30:30 |
| 2 Samuel | 3:26 · 23:15 · 23:16 · 23:20 |
| 2 Kings | 10:14 · 18:31 |
| 1 Chronicles | 11:17 · 11:18 · 11:22 |
| 2 Chronicles | 26:10 |
| Nehemiah | 9:25 |
| Psalms | 7:16* · 28:1 · 30:4* · 40:3* · 88:5* · 88:7* · 143:7 |
| Proverbs | 1:12 · 5:15 · 28:17 |
| Ecclesiastes | 12:6 |
| Isaiah | 14:15 · 14:19 · 24:22 · 36:16 · 38:18 · 51:1 |
| Jeremiah | 6:7 · 37:16 · 38:6 · 38:7 · 38:9 · 38:10 · 38:11 · 38:13 · 41:7 · 41:9 |
| Lamentations | 3:53 · 3:55 |
| Ezekiel | 26:20 · 31:14 · 31:16 · 32:18 · 32:23 · 32:24 · 32:25 · 32:29 · 32:30 |
| Zechariah | 9:11 |